Many parts of the country are dealing with a surge in crime.
But law-and-order reign supreme in the Sunshine State.
And a Florida sheriff gave one simple message to blue states that left Democrats fuming.
Leonel Moreno, an illegal alien from Venezuela, became a viral internet sensation for explaining to his followers on TikTok how to seize properties from Americans through squatting.
“I have thought about invading a house in the United States,” Moreno said in Spanish on a TikTok video. “I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it.”
Blue states have some of the loosest standards for criminals to take over control of a property through squatters’ rights.
In New York City, someone can claim squatter’s rights after just 30 days at a property.
Several high-profile cases came out of the Big Apple involving squatters recently, including one where a woman was allegedly killed by two squatters living in her mother’s apartment.
With millions of illegal aliens flooding the country under President Joe Biden, the threat is on the rise.
Florida stops the squatter scam
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to eliminate squatters’ rights, let homeowners remove them without the legal system, and increase the criminal penalties for it.
“Well, today in the state of Florida, we say very simply what passes muster in New York and California is not passing muster here,” DeSantis said. “You are not going to be able to commandeer somebody’s private property and expect to get away with it. We are, in the state of Florida, ending the squatter scam once and for all.”
Florida sheriff says move to the Sunshine State to be safe
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd appeared on Fox News to tout DeSantis’ new anti-squatting law, saying that “nonsense” will not fly in Florida.
Judd said that a realtor recently found a squatter in a home and called his office.
“Well, we moved them out to the county jail and charged them with burglary,” Judd said. “That’s why I don’t understand what the laws possibly could be that would allow people to unilaterally, illegally trespass, break into your home just because you weren’t there and take it over. It doesn’t make any sense to me at all.”
He said the solution to dealing with squatters was charging them with trespassing, burglary, or theft.
“On the few occasions that they’ve tried that silliness here, we go there, determine that the owner is really the owner, and lock the suspects up,” Judd explained. “That’s my suggestion if you park your car, and leave the windows down, that it’s okay for someone to get into your car and take it, and then you’ve got to have a civil court order to get your car back. All of that is nonsense. Law enforcement needs to lock them up.”
“Lock the suspects up, because they’re committing a crime,” Judd concluded. “If you want to be safe, move to Florida.”
Florida is leading the way in standing up for law and order by stopping the squatter scam.
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