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00:00You don't do this to somebody else's house I'm sorry look at this attention Ashley and Roy this
00:20is my house at this moment if I'm the guy in that room I'm gonna come out of there ready to defend
00:27myself this is an invasion of my privacy I'm a leaseholder this house according to the law my name
00:39is flash Shelton and I am the squatter hunter in 2019 my mom's home was taken over by squatters
00:46I called the sheriff the sheriff informed me it's a civil matter and there's nothing we can do
00:57it'd take months but when it came to my mother's house there was no way in hell I was gonna let
01:02them win I took matters into my own hands I learned all about the laws I figured out the loopholes and
01:09now I have a very particular set of skills sometimes removing the squatter is just making it a little bit
01:15difficult for them to live what I use to save my mom's house I am now using to help homeowners
01:25across the country I've built a whole team ready to out squat the squatters we're moving in here on
01:32you we have a lease for this out well then I guess you're looking at your new roommate bud
01:43at my side is my little sister Justice Justice has been in my family since she was about four months old
01:49and my family adopted her for me to be able to help families regain what's rightfully theirs that's
01:57beyond priceless all right let's do this all right let's roll we're here to take you out of this house
02:04you don't belong this is what a dead body smells like they're gonna be speaking up on me in the middle of
02:10we're in Conroe Texas we have a situation here where a family lost an elderly loved one and the son
02:28and daughter-in-law reached out because the house had been taken over by a woman my son was moving stuff
02:35out of our mother-in-law's house who she died in January and he was moving stuff out so we could
02:41sell it and he had a friend Ashley that he said was helping him and that wasn't the case
02:47flash nice to meet you thanks for coming really really really appreciate it well you know when you
02:58hear stories like this especially when there's a loss in the family it just makes the situation even
03:03more important to me so how did we get here can you tell us what what brought us yes her last year
03:09of life she was forgetting to turn off the stove so Tristan moved in with her just to really keep her
03:14from burning down the house and remembering to eat my mother-in-law lived nearby Nevada was 90 she never
03:22wanted to go into a nursing home when Nevada passed it was it was really hard it was a big loss
03:28what am I looking at right here that's the squatter Ashley Ashley came in as a friend helping Tristan move
03:38some stuff out of the house when I asked where she lived my son told me she lived with her grandmother
03:44do you think she can be dangerous um I guess it depends on how desperate she is and then tell me who
03:52this is her boyfriend Roy I would say this one's the one you have to worry about so when did you
03:59realize things are just getting this out of control well I went over there to start packing up her stuff
04:04mm-hmm and when I walked in the house there was a trail of cleared area with trash on both sides and when
04:13I went into the kitchen there was a plate that had food on it all these gnats flew off of it it was
04:19disgusting and Ashley was there and there were some other guys there and they had all her possessions
04:26in the house all our access to everything Robert's mother was in the house for over 50 years so she
04:33just has a lifetime of memories there and all her mementos and things that meant a lot to her are in
04:41this house this was a pristine beautiful home just desecrated do you believe from what you've seen so far
04:49that she is a serial squatter somebody that planned this and has done it before oh yeah when the cops
04:56showed up she pulled out a license that said she'd been there for six months yeah oh really squatters
05:01just do anything that they can to show law enforcement that they are living there they try
05:06to turn utility bills on in their name they get Mel at the address so my plan is to occupy the house
05:13move into the house and then make them want to leave now how I do that is actually becoming a tenant
05:19since you are the owner of the house currently it'll be signed by you and I sign here where it
05:35says landlord and you can also write the date in all right we officially are tenants but we
05:42will get out all right cam go ahead and gear up get your vest on okay we're about to get ready to
05:51head out yeah all right my name is Cameron Butler I'm a Dallas Texas native I specialize in security
05:58and I have a background in military police this will be my first time helping flash on his mission
06:04and I'm ready so we've got non-lethal that I'll be carrying today shoots plastic projectiles preference
06:11for human life and safety pepper spray I'm not gonna lie I feel pretty cool don't you
06:16yeah absolutely I feel like I'm about to accomplish something today okay okay
06:20because I might get a little crazy out today next step we get to confront the squatters
06:34okay so according to the navigation it's up here on the right so it looks like it's this street right
06:41here this house right here when I enter a home for the first time I'm looking to make sure that it's
06:49safe and secure I'm looking for weapons dogs or even people that I'm not aware of I have a lease
06:59lease we're a legal tenant matter of fact we have a renovation lease
07:23I gotta close my mouth before a bug gets in it
07:27look at this
07:30this is ridiculous you don't do this to somebody else's house
07:36oh my god the stench was so many different ones in different rooms it was like the disrespect is
07:45crazy I know for a fact that there's no way that grandmother would approve of this period
07:50they could come out with a baseball bat we don't know what they're going to do in that room
07:55all right if I'm the guy in that room I'm going to come out of there being ready to defend myself
08:01because he has no idea what's going on
08:04attention Ashley and Roy
08:21we want to have a conversation with you
08:33Ashley please come out
08:39who is it
08:40my name is Flash
08:42okay well you're going to have to wait
08:45okay we'll be out here
08:47we just want to have a conversation with you
08:49yeah that's why you just helped yourself into our house
08:52yeah this is uh my house at this moment
08:55no the it's not
08:57so the fact that we've been able to get into this house as quickly as gold
09:04so we're going to stand our ground
09:06when we come out
09:07they're going to try to argue
09:08they're going to try to fight
09:09who knows okay
09:10and we're going to keep our composure
09:12we're not going to get emotional
09:13no
09:14right now it's all about just a statement of facts
09:16this is not emotional
09:18this is all just facts okay
09:20hello
09:27hi
09:28Roy can you guys come in here and we'll have a chat
09:30hey puppy
09:31is there a place you want to talk
09:41we can talk right now
09:43as expected
09:46they came out of the bedroom completely shocked
09:49they're looking at us
09:50we're looking at them
09:51the looks on their faces told the whole story
09:54let's go in this room here
09:56a little more room
09:57for what?
09:59they were blindsided
10:00they didn't wake up or go to bed last night
10:03thinking that they were going to have to move
10:05so you could tell they were freaking out
10:07and their emotions showed it
10:09so what's the deal?
10:11our goal here is to remediate this situation
10:13I don't care about your goals
10:15it's not your house you've been asked to leave
10:18I'm not leaving
10:19sorry about it
10:20I have every right to be here
10:21and I have proof
10:23so do I
10:24okay well then I guess
10:25you're looking at your new roommate bud
10:27this is my primary address
10:29on my government given state Texas ID
10:32yeah I know
10:32we know all about that
10:34okay well
10:35what is your take here
10:37he's with me
10:39I want to work through this civilly
10:46I don't want to take your rights away from you
10:48you call this civil?
10:50listen yes it is
10:51no it's not
10:51this is an invasion of my privacy
10:53okay but I'm a leaseholder of this house
10:55this house is now mine
10:56now according to the law
10:58dude I don't give a about the law
11:00do you understand what I'm going to do here
11:04do you understand
11:05I don't give a
11:06as a squatter nationally
11:07how am I a squatter?
11:09I have every right to be here
11:10calm down just a little bit
11:11I don't need to calm down
11:13I have every right to be here
11:15I'm asking you kindly to calm down
11:16just as
11:17if I walk upon you what?
11:18just woman to woman
11:19if I walk upon you what?
11:20woman to woman
11:21can you just calm down?
11:22yeah
11:23yeah
11:24about that
11:26this is a
11:27close the door
11:29may I step to the side
11:33may I?
11:33because this is against my woman
11:34I have to step over to the side
11:36and deflect
11:37are you kidding me?
11:40looks like a whore's house and it smells disgusting
11:57disgusting
11:58as disgusting as it might be
12:00there might be somebody else in this house
12:02I don't want to be surprised
12:04so we're sweeping the rest of this house
12:06oh my gosh
12:07there's gotta be something dead or something
12:08man
12:09the smell
12:11oh my gosh
12:13kind of afraid to open some of these doors
12:15oh god
12:19oh my god
12:21what is it?
12:22full toilet
12:22oh
12:23oh
12:24oh my gosh
12:27wow
12:28I mean
12:28yeah
12:29back
12:30back
12:31back
12:31woo
12:32crazy
12:32I can't do that
12:33hell no
12:34you know those hefty bags
12:35that be white with the zip
12:37literally all around the house
12:40littoral-ly trash
12:42if this was my grandmother
12:44I'd be livid
12:45you know what
12:46as much as it's disgusting
12:47I'm curious
12:48I'm gonna open this door
12:49and check out this other bedroom
12:51hold on
12:51do you smell that?
12:53yeah I smell it
12:54I'm not going
12:54oh
12:59oh
12:59oh
13:00no I can't go in
13:01oh my god
13:02what's wrong with that
13:03look
13:03oh my god
13:06this
13:06it's like
13:10I can imagine
13:10this is what a dead body smells like
13:12you know it's bad
13:15when you can taste the smell
13:16oh god
13:18is that a bullet on the ground too?
13:20it's so bad
13:23I just see smell
13:24let's go
13:25out of here
13:25whew
13:26oh my god
13:29we walked in
13:30to basically a hoarder house
13:32where
13:33there was just no explanation
13:35for
13:35why
13:36it got so bad
13:37looks like
13:39looks like there's lights on upstairs
13:40so
13:40oh my god
13:43Jesus
13:47alright
13:50so it's like a loft up here
13:51I don't see anything
13:52I gotta check out
13:53another
13:54another room over here
13:55might be a bedroom
13:56but
13:56oh Jesus
13:58I don't even know
13:59why I'm looking at that
14:00oh my god
14:01bro
14:04dang
14:05these people don't know
14:07you're supposed to flush
14:08on number two
14:09where this used to be
14:17a happy home
14:18and it just makes me sad
14:23to see it
14:23this bad
14:24it's hard to imagine
14:27that somebody
14:27considered this to be
14:29their safe place
14:30at one point
14:30and then you open a door
14:33and you see a toilet
14:33full of crap
14:34it's just so disrespectful
14:37squatters have no heart
14:39when it comes to that
14:40they just take over
14:41people's homes
14:42and
14:42and just destroy it
14:44with
14:44no compassion
14:45whatsoever
14:46that this house
14:47belonged to an old lady
14:48and even after death
14:49she deserved respect
14:51this is just
14:52you know
14:53it just
14:54pisses me off
14:56let's just get these people
14:58out of this
14:58this is
14:59so disrespectful
15:00this is beyond words
15:02squatters
15:06squatters
15:08squatters
15:08you guys are in there
15:11we know you're in there
15:13and we're not going anywhere
15:14day or night
15:16or night or day
15:17we're not going anywhere
15:18this is pathetic
15:20this is not your house
15:21the squatters were held up
15:30in the room
15:31possibly sleeping
15:33I thought
15:34you know what
15:35let me give them a wake up call
15:36all right squatters
15:38now it's time for your daily serenade
15:40hit it
15:41we're going to make it uncomfortable
15:51for them
15:51so that they absolutely
15:53know that we're not going anywhere
15:55until they do
15:55it's about to get cold
16:00burp
16:01these doors
16:01in this house
16:02are about to be taken off
16:04so if I were you
16:05I would just
16:06come on out
16:07hello
16:12all right let's start
16:15removing doors
16:16so why do we take off doors
16:20it's our goal
16:21to make this house
16:22as uncomfortable
16:23as possible for them
16:24and with rights granted
16:25by our renovation lease
16:27we can do
16:27just that
16:28I can remove
16:32any door I want
16:33everything in the house
16:34is fair game
16:34I just can't go
16:35in their bedroom
16:46what the f*** dude
17:05I have nowhere else to go
17:07the no place to go thing
17:11is something we're going to have to
17:13figure out a way
17:15to help
17:16with
17:17why don't you go to the door
17:19and say hey
17:20can we just have a conversation
17:21girl to girl
17:22why don't you try
17:25okay
17:26hey
17:28it's justice
17:29what's up
17:30yeah we can just talk right here
17:35if you don't want all this
17:36extra stuff
17:36you know what I'm saying
17:38I'm just here
17:38we don't
17:39know what's going on
17:41there's always
17:42three sides to every story
17:44that side
17:45this side
17:46and the truth
17:47now
17:48I have no idea
17:50what your side is
17:51anybody can tell me anything
17:52what's going on
17:54at this point
17:56I don't even know
17:57what the f*** is going on
17:58mm-hmm
17:59you know
18:02at the end of the day
18:04I have to get their house back
18:05I don't want to ruin
18:06anybody in the process
18:08I just
18:08you know
18:09I would love
18:10to have everybody
18:10move on
18:11to be happy
18:11and go on
18:12with their lives
18:12I get renovation leases
18:14so I can literally
18:15do work on the home
18:16therefore power goes off
18:18you know
18:19different things like that
18:20I don't want to have to do that
18:21with you guys
18:22I would rather
18:23us try to figure out
18:24a solution to this
18:25I mean
18:26I mean
18:26the solution
18:27is to leave
18:28but we're trying
18:29to figure out
18:30like where we can go
18:31right
18:31okay
18:31so how can we
18:32help with that
18:33can we then
18:34spend the rest of our
18:35time together
18:36just trying to figure out
18:38a solution
18:39all right
18:42all right
18:42can we start over
18:43Ashley
18:44my name is Flash
18:45very nice to meet you
18:46likewise
18:46I can
18:51try to
18:52like put you guys
18:53up in a hotel
18:53for a couple days
18:54that'll help you
18:55kind of regroup
18:55and maybe some
18:56gas money
18:57to kind of get
18:58you know
18:58get you guys
18:59to where you
19:00at least have
19:00a little bit
19:01of a boost
19:01so I'm able
19:03to do that
19:03for you today
19:04one of the things
19:06that I'm going
19:06to have to do
19:07later when you leave
19:08is deal
19:10with changing locks
19:10I mean
19:11are you okay
19:11with giving me
19:12a key
19:12okay
19:13we're about
19:27to give the house
19:28back to a family
19:29and I can't even
19:30begin to tell you
19:31how good that feels
19:32the family's going
19:35to be really happy
19:36and hopefully
19:37this is an opportunity
19:38for the squatters
19:39Ashley and Roy
19:40to get their life
19:41on track
19:41how'd it go
19:52well
19:52we came to
19:54the property
19:54yesterday
19:55and I met
19:56with a lot
19:56of confrontation
19:57you know
19:58we had to
19:59take some
19:59extreme measures
20:00but I can
20:01proudly say
20:02that
20:03basically
20:04we have a key
20:05we've changed
20:06the locks
20:06and
20:07I want to
20:08welcome you
20:09back to your
20:10home
20:10thank you
20:12aww
20:13you're welcome
20:14give you a hug
20:16too
20:16that's what I want
20:18to see
20:18thank you
20:20you're welcome
20:21Robert
20:22thank you
20:23hey man
20:24I'm sorry
20:26for all of this
20:27I wish you would
20:29have told us
20:29we just didn't
20:30know
20:30we didn't know
20:31you were having
20:32a hard time
20:32getting her out
20:33the thing that
20:34like really made
20:35me sad
20:35is that
20:36all I'm picturing
20:37is the
20:38grandmother
20:39and the photos
20:41of your family
20:42sitting on chairs
20:43and couches
20:43and thinking
20:44man this used
20:45to be
20:45such a home
20:47but you know
20:48what
20:48the memories
20:49are still there
20:50and you guys
20:51carry those memories
20:51this is just
20:53amazing
20:54I have closure
20:56now
20:56thank you
20:58absolutely
20:59man
20:59I'm glad
21:00I'm able
21:00to help
21:01with that
21:01you
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