‘Squating isn’t a crime’: TikTok squatter who took over a 2.3M home for viral videos is arrested and found guilty

Gary Collins of WBFF FOX45 Baltimore’s Spotlight on Maryland walked viewers back into a case that, on paper, sounds like a strange internet stunt, but in real life turned into months of fear, angry neighbors, and a courtroom fight over a $2.3 million home in Bethesda.

Collins said the story started long before last week’s headlines, because for more than nine months the big house sat at the center of what he described as a legal and emotional battle that witnesses and prosecutors believed never should have been allowed to drag on.

The accused squatter, Tamieka Goode, wasn’t hiding, according to Collins. He reported that she even used the estate as a backdrop for TikTok posts, treating the property like it was part of her personal brand…

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