Family returns from the holidays to find their locks have been changed by a squatter in a wheelchair who tells them it's 'his home now' when they knock on the door
- The Henson family returned to their Marietta, Georgia, home to find their keys would not fit the lock
- Nathaniel Jacob Nuckols, 26, came to the door in a wheelchair and claimed to own the house now
- Nuckols claimed to have a gun and held off police for five hours before a SWAT team with a robot broke in before surrendering
- The Hensons found their belongings moved around, their food eaten and notes thanking them for letting Nuckols live there while also claiming new ownership
Nathaniel Jacob Nuckols, 26, was found in a wheelchair squatting inside the Marietta, Georgia, home owned by Janice Henson
A family returning from travels over the holidays to its Georgia home the day after the New Year was shocked to discover the locks had been changed and a stranger in a wheelchair squatting inside.
Homeowner Janice Henson could not get her key to work on the Vintage Club Circle house in Marietta, Georgia, when she encountered a man in a wheelchair claiming he lived there now and had a gun, according to WSB-TV.
Henson contacted the police who say the man, identified as 26-year-old Nathaniel Jacob Nuckols of Canton, Georgia, threatened to shoot them.
After a five-hour standoff with the authorities, a SWAT team broke through the front door and sent in a robot to find Nuckols who surrendered peacefully.
No weapon was found on him or in the house, according to the police.
Henson did not know how long Nuckols was squatting, but found that the food left in the home gone and belongings had been rearranged.
Janice Henson's home located on The Vintage Club Circle in Marietta, Georgia, had a unwanted squatter residing inside while she and her family were traveling over the holidays
Nathaniel Jacob Nuckols claimed he had a gun and held off police for five hours until a SWAT unit broke down the door and sent a robot after him
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He also left us notes thanking us for the key and thanking us for letting him live here, and it was his house now,' Henson said to the TV station. 'He moved all the pictures, emptied drawers. He was making this house his.'
Henson also said the family would be living in a hotel until the house could be restored back to its former state.
Nuckols was charged with first-degree burglary, making terroristic threats and misdemeanor obstruction, and was being held in jail on a $33,220 bond.
It was not clear how Nuckols had entered the home situated in The Vintage Club active adult community.
