Cops Tack On Forgery Charge In Prosecution Of Adverse Possession-Claiming Squatter; Allegedly Used Phony Papers To Get Power In Snatched Vacant Home

In Douglasville, Georgia, the Douglasville Patch reports:

• Forgery will be added to the charges of criminal trespass and misdemeanor possession of marijuana for Roderick Walker who was arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department on Dec. 22.



• Sheriff Phil Miller said that Walker forged a signature to get utilities turned on by Greystone Power at another person's home. Walker counsels others to claim vacant houses as their own.



• Walker first appeared on WSB-TV, explaining his use of the law of adverse possession to move into an abandoned Douglasville three-bedroom, 2½-bathroom house on Mackenzie Court; the house once was valued at almost $300,000.

Source: Add Forgery to Squatter's Charges (Forgery will be added to the charges of criminal trespass and misdemeanor possession of marijuana for Roderick Walker who was arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department on Dec. 22).