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1/22/23
Iowa City Police say two squatters have been charged with Trespassing after they were found living in an abandoned trailer at an Iowa City mobile home park.
The Forest View manufactured housing community on Laura Drive is being razed for future development. Police say they received a report just after 5am last Monday of three cars parked at one of the abandoned trailers, with the lights on inside.
Arriving officers say they found two people inside the trailer: 53-year-old Brian Bock of the Clear Creek manufactured housing community in Tiffin and 45-year-old Crystal Potter-Tanha of California Avenue in Iowa City. The pair allegedly admitted to knowing the trailer was abandoned.
The manager of Forest View told investigators that the two did not belong there, and police granted a request for trespassing charges.
Both Bock and Potter-Tanha face fines, if convicted.