An alleged squatter in Arizona was arrested after illegally moving into a dead man’s home and selling his truck, 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 make it appear that he was the legal owner.
Investigators said Macinnis illegally moved into the unidentified dead man’s Cordes Lakes home in May 2023 and had been “occupying” 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 Thursday news release. The legal owner had died “a few months before” Macinnis allegedly moved there, authorities said.
Macinnis is accused of falsifying documents to sell the Tahoe to a resident of Flagstaff, located approximately 80 miles north of Cordes Lakes.
Michael Macinnis, who occupied a residence in Cordes Lake after the owner’s death, was arrested Jan. 3 on multiple felony charges. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office
Authorities said Macinnis resisted arrest on Jan. 3, “including slamming a metal door on an officer’s wrist” and reportedly swallowing dozens of fentanyl pills.
“They were eventually able to take him into custody and were told that he had perhaps swallowed up to 40 fentanyl pills prior to his arrest and then purged his stomach of the drugs. “Deputies say that on the way to the jail he became increasingly incoherent and drowsy, jail medical staff administered NarCan and then he was taken by ambulance to the hospital,” the sheriff’s office wrote in its news release.
He was later released from the hospital and charged with nine felonies, including aggravated assault on law enforcement and charges related to allegations of forgery and fraud.
Michael Macinnis allegedly sold the dead man’s 2005 Chevy Tahoe by forging documents to make it appear the car was in his name. Mike Mareen – stock.adobe.com
Incidents of squatting have emerged across the United States – and around the world – in recent years, with suspects often targeting homes where the legitimate owners are absent for long periods of time, such as vacation homes or rentals.
Reports show that properties belonging to deceased people have also been attacked by suspected squatters.
Last year, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrested suspected squatters who moved into a home where the owner 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 made a disturbing discovery on private property: the remains of an elderly homeowner in a shallow grave.
Police said the squatters reportedly moved into the home, found the woman’s body, dismembered and buried her, and continued living in the home.
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