Shelby deputies arrest man in house squatting case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Shelby County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man charged in a house squatting case.
The sheriff’s office announced Wednesday that deputies spotted 46-year-old Devitoe Farmer leaving a house that was under construction and arrested him without incident.
Devitoe was wanted on charges of theft of property over $60,000.
A Shelby County judge allowed him probation on a conviction that he stole government property by moving into a home that had been foreclosed upon. Investigators said Devitoe – who has described himself as a sovereign citizen – then moved back into the house, which is owned by the federal government.
