Squatters Steal Soldier's Home, Get Some Unexpected Visitors At Their Front Door (Photos)
By Timfly
A soldier from New Port Richey, Florida says that squatters took over his house while he was stationed in Hawaii for two years, and when it came time to move back into his home with his wife, the squatters refused to leave.
Spc Michael Sharkey and his wife, Danielle
Army Spc. Michael Sharkey says that he and his wife haven’t lived in their Florida home in the two years that he’s been stationed in Hawaii, but upon learning they could go back to Florida, they were shocked to discover that two ex-cons broke in, changed the locks, and were refusing to leave.
Sharkey says a couple, Julio Ortiz and his girlfriend Fatima Cardoso, broke into his house, changed the locks and refuse to leave.
Ex-convict Julio Ortiz (left) and his girlfriend, Fatima Cardoso (right)
When he called authorities, the Pasco County Sheriff's department informed the Sharkeys they have no legal grounds to evict the squatters.
Ortiz, 42, told a local news channel that Sharkey gave him permission to live in the house and that they had a verbal agreement that he would make repairs to the home in exchange for rent-free housing.
Sharkey and his housesitter Lisa Pettus say Ortiz is lying.
Pettus, who was left in charge of the unfinished home while the family lived in Hawaii, says Ortiz was hired as a handyman and was never given permission to live in the house.
Police refuse to throw Ortiz out of the house saying it’s a civil matter.
“I work hard, long hours, and these people never had permission to live in my home,” Sharkey told WFLA. “They should be thrown out.”
Both Ortiz and Cardoso have extensive rap sheets. Ortiz served a combined 12 years behind bars in New Jersey for robbery, drug dealing on school property and carjacking, the Daily Mail reported.
Cardoso has served more than two years on drug charges and has been arrested seven times on drug charges since 2011, according to WFLA.
“They are criminals,” Sharkey said. “I am serving my country, and they have more rights to my home than I do.”
"The people that are in this house cannot produce any documentation, lease, agreement, anything that they belong in that house," said Sharkey.
Then WFLA reported that two Tampa motorcycle clubs filled with veterans were planning to ride over to the Sharkey residence on Sunday “and peacefully make the squatters uncomfortable.”
That seems to be all it took because once Ortiz and his girlfriend heard this on the news they have packed up their belongings and are leaving the home for good!
image sources http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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