Squatter moves into $600,000 vacant west Cobb home

Kalb allegedly gained entry to the home by prying open the back door, according to a police report. “We’re very distressed,” said Francine Dupree, who lives on the street. “It’s terrible enough that people do that, but then the owner has no rights whatsoever? That’s just bizarre to me.” On Friday, 10 days after he moved in, Kalb was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and theft by conversion, based on evidence that he broke into the home. Squatting reports have risen nationally and in metro Atlanta, with trespassers taking...