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Tags: Adverse possession, squatter, homeless, housing, foreclosure, Tami Robinson

A Tampa Pastor is suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for arresting her after she helped a member of her congregation move into a home owned by someone else. Tami Robinson used centuries old land ownership loophole to try to acquire an abandoned home, but it didn’t work. Robinson said she and the woman she was helping were arrested and charged with eight felonies.

“We’ve been charged with burglary, two counts of grand theft, two counts of burglary, two counts of impersonation...