"The company's website, claims that they can "quickly and legally" get squatters out of a home "while ensuring you are never liable for our actions." And, it says, "Don't ask about our methods - The less you know, the safer you are." Those methods, as Jacobs has boasted on YouTube and on at least one radio show, include using a katana or Japanese sword."
"According to the victim, eviction proceedings had not begun, and it seems the new owner had leased the property to an employee of Jacobs at his ASAP Squatter Removal Service. Per the DA, this lease gave Jacobs's employee residency rights at the property, and ASAP Squatter Removal then acted on behalf of the lessee and the new owner to forcibly kick out the family living there in the middle of the night."
James Jacobs, operator of ASAP Squatter Removal Service, along with associates Arthur Gutierrez Jr. and Angelmike Va Regalado, allegedly led seven armed intruders in a January 6 raid on a San Bruno home occupied by a family for 45 years. The new property owner had leased the home to Jacobs's employee, granting residency rights that Jacobs used to justify the forcible removal. No eviction proceedings had been initiated. The company's website claims to remove squatters "quickly and legally" while ensuring clients are "never liable," advising clients not to ask about methods. Jacobs has publicly demonstrated using a katana as part of his removal tactics.
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