Orange County DA: Squatting Couple Hired PI To Locate Vacant Foreclosed Homes, Then Drafted Fake Lease To Obtain Utility Service For $2.6M House

In Newport Beach, California, The Associated Press reports:

• Prosecutors say an Orange County couple squatted in a foreclosed home in a ritzy Newport Beach neighborhood more than three months before they were discovered and arrested. The district attorney's office said Thursday that 42-year-old Chris Wayne Duncan and 36-year-old Robin Ann Duncan face charges of second-degree burglary and other charges.

• Authorities allege the Duncans hired a private investigator to locate foreclosed and vacant homes in Orange County and then drafted a fake lease so utility companies would put bills in their name as renters. They are also accused of changing the locks after an appraiser tried to enter the property.

Source: DA: Couple squatted in Newport Beach foreclosure.

See also:

• The Orange County Register: Couple accused of squatting in vacant Newport homes,
• OC Weekly: Newport Coast Squatters Featured in OC Weekly Get Arrested (Newport Beach Police Department detectives slapped handcuffs on the couple and hauled them to jail after the Orange County district attorney's office filed criminal charges against them for illegally squatting in a $2.6 million, ocean-view Newport Coast home).