Police arrest 9 after Oregon home 'taken over' by squatters

Police arrest 9 after Oregon home 'taken over' by squatters

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police arrested multiple people occupying a home in Northeast Portland after the original owner left due to an illness, authorities said. "A home in the Parkrose Heights neighborhood has been cleared of squatters and suspects engaged in other criminal activity, leading to several arrests and seizure of drugs, guns, and stolen property," the Portland Police Bureau said in a press release. The home in the 220 block of North…

13 squatters removed, 9 arrested from Portland home

A family in Northeast Portland is breathing a sigh of relief after police raided a neighboring home earlier this week, removing 13 squatters and arresting nine.