St. Albans squatter sentenced to prison

A dispute over a PlayStation5 with a stepsibling last year has led a man to not only out himself as a squatter to police, but to land him a two- to four-year prison sentence, said the office of District Attorney Melinda Katz.

True Jackson, 41, pleaded guilty to burglary last month after illegally occupying a vacant single-family home in St. Albans in 2024 with his stepbrother and the latter’s girlfriend. He was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Jackson’s co-defendants, Saliam Sudler, his stepbrother, and Shania Outar, the latter’s paramour, pleaded guilty earlier this year to criminal trespass and were given conditional discharges, said prosecutors…

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