Homeowner: Squatters who broke into my house in February are still living there — and cops arrested me after I called 911 on them

A Georgia homeowner told WSB-TV that squatters who broke into his residence in February are still living there — and that police arrested him after he called 911 on the alleged intruders.

Adding more insult to injury, Tim Arko added to the station that code enforcement actually cited him for not properly maintaining the home he can’t legally access.

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What are the details?

Arko explained to WSB that just days after tenants vacated his East Lake rental home in back in the winter, he arrived there to find not only that someone had broken in, but also that a gun was being pointed at him after he pulled into the driveway.

“I just jumped the fence and ran," he told the station. "I didn’t know what else to do."

Arko added to WSB that he called 911 that day in February, but police took him into custody instead.

“They told the police that I was a home invader and that it was their home," Arko recalled to the station. "And so I ended up being arrested and detained."

WSB said Arko wasn't charged with a crime once he showed police it was his property. But six months later, the alleged squatters are still living there.

It's apparently no scene from "The Brady Bunch," either.

"I didn’t walk in on a family eating dinner," Arko recalled to WSB. "I walked in on weapons, a prostitute, a bunch of dogs in the back, my fence broken down."

The station also said two people have died in this home from overdoses since the calamity commenced — and all the while, court backlogs have left Arko unable to legally enter the home he legally owns.

“No one likes, you know, being in the court system, but it becomes even worse when it seems broken down,” John Ernst, Arko’s attorney, told the station.

Reporter meets one alleged squatter

WSB said one of the alleged squatters yelled at a station news crew that arrived at Arko's home to shoot video.

“Are you not a squatter?" the reporter asked the individual. "You're the tenant? Do you have a lease?"

"Yes, I do," the individual replied before presumably addressing the question regarding his alleged squatter status. "That's a lie."

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"Can you show me the lease?" the reporter asked.

"I don't have to," the individual answered.

"You didn’t break into this home?” the reporter continued inquiring.

“Oh, no sir,” the individual replied.

“Did someone break into the house?” the reporter pressed.

“No, nobody broke into this house,” the individual replied.

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'Heavily weighted toward these trespassers and criminals'

While an eviction order finally has been signed, the station said Arko is now waiting for the DeKalb County marshals — and they've told him he should be able to evict in the beginning of September.

Still, the experience understandably has been more than a little frustrating for the homeowner, who seems to sense the system is set up in favor of bad actors.

“I feel like it’s very heavily weighted toward these trespassers and criminals," Arko told WSB. "Not people that got duped."

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