Georgia squatters 'fled to a stash location' two miles away in a U-Haul truck ... trends now
The accused home invaders evicted from an Atlanta rental property amid the city's squatting epidemic fled to a possible 'stash' location just two miles away the night they were booted out, DailyMail.com can reveal.
We tracked down the rented U-Haul truck the alleged squatters used to cart away their belongings after sheriff's deputies turfed them from the house they had seized and trashed nine days earlier.
The vehicle was backed up tight against a tree outside a rundown three-bedroom property with an address that DailyMail.com can reveal is associated with two of the squatters.
Letters addressed to a 'Takisha Bailey' were left behind at the Stone Mountain home that was seized from truck driver Paul Callins, 39, as he tended his sick wife Amanda in hospital. It is 20 miles from downtown Atlanta.
Two confirmed her 'living' at a single story home in nearby Lithonia, Georgia, while another revealed an address in another quiet neighborhood of DeKalb County's Stone Mountain where DailyMail.com found the truck.
DailyMail.com located the U-Haul truck the accused squatters used to cart away their belongings after cops evicted them from Paul Callins's home last week
The truck was parked outside a different property in Stone Mountain, Georgia
Takisha Sheree Bailey, pictured left with a young boy believed to be her son, and Carlos Bailey (right) are accused of squatting at a Stone Mountain, Georgia property for nine days before allegedly fleeing to a different property two miles away
Just like Callins's newly-remodeled home, this one had been listed to rent although it is not known if Takisha is associated with it illegally or has a legitimate lease.
Certainly, swooping on vacant properties is a typical tactic in the squatter nightmare that has overwhelmed the Atlanta area – with 1,200 homes currently falling victim in DeKalb County alone.
Along with Takisha's letters, there was also an enrollment document for the SAE Institute in Atlanta left behind for a Carlos Bailey enrolled for a course in Storytelling for Contemporary Media.
DailyMail.com has confirmed Carlos Bailey also has ties to the house where the truck was located.
Earlier on Monday, DailyMail.com revealed that the woman evicted from Callins's property had identified herself to police at Takisha Bailey, according to the homeowner.
Unearthed social media photos showed the heavily-tattooed mom posing with what appears to be a machine pistol on her Instagram page, where she goes by Sheree Bailey and username Sheree303.
A third man was also revealed to have been at the house, which had been left to Callins by his physician father Willis, who died in 2021 from prostate cancer.
A boy believed to be Takisha's son and aged about four was also there.
The squatters parked up the U-Haul truck with Arizona plates in a cul-de-sac at the other location sometime between 6pm and 7pm on Monday, March 4, according to a neighbor's security home security footage seen by DailyMail.com.
No one was in the house when we knocked, although an upstairs window was partially open.
Paul Callins discovered squatters had unlawfully entered and changed the locks on his recently refurbished home, listed for rent online, while he was away
Sheree Bailey is accused of being one of the squatters who invaded the vacant Atlanta area rental home of a man caring for his sick wife. She tilts her head and squints down the sights of a gun in a photo posted to her Instagram
Pictured arm-in-arm on her social media page is a man who was filmed when confronted by sheriff's deputies after breaking in and changing the locks. He is believed to be Carlos Bailey
The squatters parked up the U-Haul truck with Arizona plates in a cul-de-sac at the other location sometime between 6pm and 7pm on Monday, March 4, according to a neighbor's security home security footage seen by DailyMail.com.
Outside, a wheel and tire was propped against a tree and considerable trash littered the yard and driveway.
'In December last year, suddenly there was a commotion with people shouting and dogs barking over at that place,' the neighbor revealed.
'There would be a lot of cars coming and going – a lot of activity.'
The householder, who did not want to be identified for fear of repercussions, continued: 'That U-Haul hasn't moved since it arrived on Monday.
'Strangely in the days before it arrived, there was a smaller U-Haul at that property which was pulled right up on the driveway. That went and this one replaced it.
'I thought it was weird. I just imagined they were moving out, but the truck hasn't budged and I haven't heard a peep from over there since.
'The last time I saw someone there was Saturday, February 24. I remember the date because I had people round and we all saw them. I never saw a woman there though, just guys and a Pitbull.'
Callins's squatters had a starved-looking Pitbull at his home, but callously left it behind when they fled. It was later captured by animal welfare on the home's decking, where it had been abandoned.
The trucker said after we revealed the location of the large U-Haul to him: 'From what I've learned, that's got to be their stash location for it until they find their next target house.'
According to DeKalb County Property Appraiser records, the 1,875 sq ft home is owned by foreign limited liability property company YS Avon SFR III Propco LLC, with a registered address in Park Avenue, New York City.
Callins walked DailyMail.com through the house hours after getting the final pieces of trash hauled away, but with startling signs of the illegal occupation still evident
The alleged squatter were ordered to leave the property by DeKalb County Sheriff's Office after nine days – leaving it trashed and with broken furniture piled on the front yard
The trio and toddler were ordered out by DeKalb County Sheriff's Office after nine days – leaving it trashed and with broken furniture piled on the front yard
A pack of cigarettes, bottles of alcohol and fast food cups are seen in bags strewn on the front lawn
It was listed for $2,080 rent in July 2023 and the listing was removed the following month.
The 'Sheree Bailey' Instagram page shows her arm in arm with a man believed to be Carlos.
It is the same man who was filmed when faced by DeKalb Sheriff's Office deputies after the squatters entered Callins's home and changing the locks.
Callins told DailyMail.com: 'The photo with the gun definitely looks like the woman I saw at the house when I went there to confront them after they broke in. As do
