Vigilante 'Squatter Removal' Guy Faces Assault and False Imprisonment Charges In San Mateo County

Vigilante 'Squatter Removal' Guy Faces Assault and False Imprisonment Charges In San Mateo County

A self-described, extra-legal "squatter removal service" was allegedly being run by a sword-wielding, San Francisco-based guy who, along with two associates, now faces assault, burglary, and false imprisonment charges in San Mateo County.The charges, as KPIX reports, stem from a January 6 incident in which 40-year-old James Jacobs, along with associates Arthur Gutierrez Jr., 40, and Angelmike Va Regalado, 39, allegedly led a group of seven armed…

Sword-wielding owner of Bay Area "squatter removal" service to stand trial on assault, burglary, gun charges

By Carlos E. Castañeda The owner of a San Francisco-based “squatter removal” service to evict tenants outside of the court system or eviction proceedings, along with his associate, were ordered to stand trial on multiple felonies after five people were forced out of a San Bruno home in the middle of the night in January. The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that 40-year-old James Jacobs, owner of ASAP Squatter Removal, a…

San Mateo County judge orders squatter removal service owner, affiliate to stand trial

After a hearing Tuesday and Wednesday in San Mateo County Superior Court, a judge ordered two defendants to stand trial after a squatter removal operation resulted in what prosecutors described as an “invasion.”  The hearing followed a Feb. 19 complaint charging James Jacobs, the owner of ASAP Squatter Removal, and his affiliate Arthur Gutierrez Jr., with multiple felonies including kidnapping, burglary, assault, false imprisonment, and firearms…