Squatters take over deployed soldier's home

Duncan Fowler has been away from his Decatur home on deployment to Poland for about a year and while he will be coming back to Georgia, he won't be able to come back to his home after it was overtaken by squatters.

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[OnlyDangerousFreedom]

Hello everyone, I am the homeowner in this unfortunate situation. What's happened is that these people took illegal possession of my property while I've been overseas and have refused on no less than six occasions to leave my house, so I did some digging into these people. Turns out one of them has an extremely violent criminal record - multiple armed robberies, batteries, aggrevated assaults, and has drug charges and weapons charges among many other violent convictions.

If they want to play dirty, I'll play dirty right back.

[GeorgiaWhisper]

The fact that he a U.S soldier makes this worse.

[Cancer]

Sounds like bs, they should be removed from this man house now. Why should he have through some damn eviction process when he never rented to them . It's breaking and entering and the should be locked up in jail. Smdh .. what a jacked up system.

[petranilla]

He need to get some friends to come in the dark of night with some flashbangs and scare their arses out!! This is madness!!

[DevonS]

Serves our nation out of the country for a year to come back to this garbage. Makes me sick.

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Its home invasion. Send those bums to prison

[qreecpy]

The issue of squatters needs to be better addressed. They're working the crap out of system

[starship]

The local veterans should take care of the eviction.

[bryankrass]

What's the address? Why didn't Fox 5 publish it? I think concerned citizens have a right to know where dangerous squatters are.

[rhonda]

This is so wrong that people can break into your home and take it over. Laws need to be changed making it illegal for squatters to squat in another person's home. How did they get in there? Illegally break and enter.

[DavidSchopperNC]

What would happen if a group of soldiers or a motorcycle gang showed up and forced them out. Be creative!

[tri-eye]

How is squatting not breaking and entering?

[jimkelly]

Laws need to be changed. Squatters should not have rights and should be able to be removed promptly by the police. Ridiculous

[RONGTravel-Slots]

The best way to deal with people who are doing illegal things sometimes is meet them with greater or more illegal things . Crazy will recognize Crazy 🤪 😜

[justrandomthings]

This is crazy. I guess he'll just have to follow the legal process. Hire a lawyer too.

[micheleotero]

Thank u for your service. Sorry that happened to u. From a airforce vet.

[elizabethshepard]

This is disgusting!!! How can just take his house illegally!!! Government should act inmediately, he is a soldier coming back to his home and they need to remove this squatters out of his house!!!!

[tararodgers]

This Is A DAMN SHAME This Man Can't Go To His Home, 🤫🤔So People Could Just Come In And Stay , WHAT THE HELL

[ltee]

The law is supposed to help victims of crime not the criminals 🤔 basically criminals can do what they like now 😢

[MackP]

For a small fee I know some people that will gladly get them squatters out that house.