An alleged squatter in Arizona has been arrested after illegally moving into a dead man’s home and selling the man’s SUV, the local sheriff’s office said.
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested Michael Macinnis, 45, on Jan. 3 on multiple felony charges, including allegedly selling a dead man’s 2005 Chevy Tahoe by falsifying documents to show he was the rightful owner.
Investigators said Macinnis illegally moved into the Cordes Lakes home of the unidentified man in May 2023 and had been “squatting” in the home while allegedly falsifying car documents “to make it appear he was the personal representative of the estate,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Thursday. The home’s legal owner had died “several months before” Macinnis allegedly moved in, authorities said.
Macinnis is accused of forging documents to sell the Tahoe to a resident of Flagstaff, which is about 80 miles north of Cordes Lakes.
Michael Macinnis, who occupied the Cordes Lake residence after the homeowner died, was arrested Jan. 3 on multiple felony charges. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office
Authorities said Macinnis resisted arrest on Jan. 3, “including slamming an iron door on the deputy’s wrist” and reportedly swallowed dozens of fentanyl pills.
“They were finally able to arrest him and were told he may have swallowed up to 40 fentanyl pills before being arrested, and then cleared his stomach of the drug. “Deputies said on the way to the jail he became incoherent and drowsy, was given NarCan by jail medical staff, and then taken by ambulance to the hospital,” the sheriff’s office wrote in its press release.
He was later released from the hospital and charged with nine felonies, such as aggravated assault on law enforcement and charges related to alleged forgery and fraud.
Michael Macinnis is accused of selling the deceased’s 2005 Chevy Tahoe by falsifying documents to make it look like the car was under his name. Mike Mareen – stock.adobe.com
Squatting incidents have occurred across the US – and around the world – in recent years, with suspects typically targeting homes where the rightful owner has been absent for an extended period of time, such as vacation or rental homes.
Properties belonging to deceased individuals are also targeted by suspected squatters, reports show.
Last year, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrested an alleged squatter who moved into a home where the homeowner and tenant had recently died.
According to investigators, Macinnis illegally moved into the deceased’s home in May 2023 and had been “squatting” in the home. Google street view
In Las Vegas in 2021, police make a disturbing discovery on private property: the body of an elderly female homeowner in a shallow grave.
Police said squatters reportedly moved into the house, found the woman’s body, cut and buried the woman, and continued to live in the house.
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