Squatter who took over $2.3M mansion returns after short-lived jail stint
The upscale Maryland mansion where Tamieka Goode allegedly squatted is worth $2.3 million. WBFF FOX45
A 40-year-old woman accused of squatting in a $2.3 million mansion in the Washington-area suburbs has returned to the property after spending just over a week in jail, according to local reporting.
Tameika Goode had faced trespassing and burglary charges last year after moving into a luxury home in Bethesda, outside Washington, DC. She was incarcerated for less than two weeks during an ongoing court dispute that has angered neighbors, the Baltimore Sun reported.
A then-19-year-old neighbor, Ian Chen—a student at College of William & Mary—first alerted authorities to the situation more than a year ago. “Less than two weeks of being incarcerated, Tameika Goode is back in the house,” Chen told the newspaper. He has since urged Maryland lawmakers to tighten anti-squatting laws.
“I feel they should be a lot more proactive,” Chen said in an interview with WBFF-TV. “I’m honestly shocked this hasn’t been fixed 10, 20 years ago, and that this problem has been going on … in every community across the state.”
The legal case remains unresolved. During a recent court appearance, Goode brushed off a reporter, saying, “Get out of my face.”
Some reports say she found her belongings piled outside the house when she returned from jail. Her attorney, Alex Webster, told the Baltimore Sun that Goode believed she had a legal basis to occupy the property because of a disputed title.
“She found out that a certain property was under the control of a certain group—there was a title issue,” Webster said. “Due to the title issue, she was able to assume the property under squatter rights. It’s not a particular squatter right, but there are rights known as squatter’s rights.”
Disputes over squatters and property titles have surfaced across the United States. In Queens, prosecutors recently charged two alleged real-estate scammers with stealing deeds to expensive homes in Kew Gardens Hills and Queens Village, accusing them of falsifying records to defraud elderly owners.
In another high-profile case in 2024, a woman nicknamed the “Range Rover squatter” was convicted and sentenced to two years in state prison after occupying a $1 million home.
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