AMPLIFIED: North Las Vegas family battles squatters in years-long property dispute

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A North Las Vegas family has been fighting to reclaim their property from squatters for eight years, despite multiple arrests and eviction notices served to the unauthorized occupants.

The ongoing dispute began when Kira DeBarge Sullivan’s father, who owned the home for 20 years, rented a camper on the property to tenants who eventually stopped paying rent and took over the house as the elderly man developed dementia.

“This spans at least eight years. I’ll kind of try to roughly go through the timeline because there is a lot to it,” said FOX5 reporter Evan Leake.

Arrests continue, but squatters return

FOX5 was called to the scene two weeks ago when North Las Vegas police arrested one of the squatters. That incident marked the latest in a series of arrests dating back more than a year…

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