So my friend buys houses (Pa. and N.j.) off of H.U.D. and tax foreclosures.

[3Hotdogs]

He puts $10 -15K into 'em and puts 'em back on the market. He's done about 75 of these over the years. Most of them go well.

---sometimes, there is a glitch.

So he buys one in northern N.J. Then he goes to the house the next day to open the door and see what needs to be done to get it up for sale.
But there's a beat-up pick-up truck in the driveway that wasn't there a few days before. He knocks on the door and tells the guy who answers that he has to vacate.

Response: "I'm a sovereign citizen. I don't have to leave."

So my friend calls the cops who say he needs a court order to vacate. He gets that and cops wait until the truck with expired registration is out of the driveway to allow my friend to replace the lock --- hoping to avoid a conflict. Unfortunately, the guy's wife and kid were in the truck and the guy is still inside. This results in a 12 hour standoff. It ends at 1 a.m.

Finally, the guy agrees to leave. He is arrested and charged with trespass and a few other misdemeanor offenses, then released, pending a future court appearance.

Next day, my friend goes into the house and there is a shit load of guns and ammo in the house. Cops are called back and they collect the weapons. Cops want to file new charges but he is nowhere to be found.

I will update if there are new developments.

[PJMcK]

1. Great. Another nutcase

Hope your friend stays safe. That much weaponry could be worth a lot of money.

[3Hotdogs]

4. Cops took it all.

[Freddie]

2. Not sure which is worse

Local case a few years ago where a guy bought a condo in a tax foreclosure. When he opened the door he saw why the occupant hadn’t paid taxes in years - occupant was in a recliner, very dead.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Can't find him? Left all those weapons? He must have some really serious stuff behind him.

[3Hotdogs]

5. Cops confiscated the guns and ammo.