A man with a history of breaking into homes was arrested last month after a Green Valley resident reported him as a potential squatter.
According to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report, a resident in Pueblo Estates called 911 on March 4 to report a man, later identified as Angelo Alexander, coming and going from a residence for more than a week. The day she called, she said she saw another man inside the residence with Alexander.
The caller did not believe the men belonged in the home despite one saying he was a real estate broker who was taking care of the home, according to the report.
Deputies stopped Alexander, 42, and Richard Auchinleck, who were in a golf cart.
Alexander told a deputy he owned a consulting company and lived in the area, but couldn’t provide an address, the report stated. Auchinleck denied ever being inside the house.
When deputies went to the home, they found the front and rear doors open and little furniture inside, the report stated. They found a backpack and rocks, too, which Alexander said were his.
The owner of the home told deputies she inherited the home from her grandparents, who died nine and four years ago, the report stated. She said she does not know Alexander or Auchinleck and no one had permission to be in the home.
Because it was unclear if anything had been stolen, the men were arrested on suspicion of first-degree criminal trespass.
Alexander was also arrested on multiple outstanding Tucson City Court warrants for failing to appear in criminal trespass, assault and disorderly conduct cases. He also was arrested on probation violation warrants connected to two Pima County Superior Court cases.
Court records show Alexander had six felony convictions when he was arrested in August 2022, after being found inside a Tucson home without permission of the owner.
He pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of attempted second-degree burglary and was placed on four years’ probation in January 2023.
Two months later, Alexander was arrested after being found in a different Tucson home that was vacant and in the process of being remodeled, court documents show.
A motion to revoke was filed in the earlier case and Alexander pleaded guilty to criminal trespass of a residential structure and criminal damage, court documents state.
Prior to being sentenced, Alexander told a probation officer he thought he was the victim of a “racist society and system.“ The home was vacant and abandoned, he insisted, and he’d had nowhere else to go after being kicked out of a halfway house, the report stated.
In July, Judge J. Alan Goodwin sentenced Alexander to three years’ probation and 90 days in jail in the new case and ordered him to serve a concurrent 90 days in jail for violating his probation in the first case.
Court documents indicate warrants were issued in both cases Oct. 31 alleging Alexander had failed to abide by his conditions of probation. Alexander is being held without bond in the Pima County jail.
Pima County Superior Court documents also indicate Auchinleck has had legal difficulties.
Court documents indicate the Green Valley Pueblo Estates Homeowners Association sued Auchinleck in September 2013. The association alleged Auchinleck had been violating their rules for years by storing belongings in his carport and on the front, back and side lawns of his home on West Palma Drive, “disrupting the harmony” of the community.
The association alleged Auchinleck was a ”hoarder” and his behavior was associated with ”health risks, impaired functioning, economic burden and adverse effects” on the community and put them at risk of a fire and poor sanitation. They further alleged he broke rules regarding parking and the use of the hot tub.
The association asked the judge to order Auchinleck to remove his belongings within 20 days and to say that if he did not do so, the association could bring the lot into compliance with their rules and be reimbursed for doing so.
The plaintiffs also asked the judge to bar Auchinleck from the property until they’d been reimbursed by him. Lastly, they asked if they could place a lien on the property. They also wanted him banned from the hot tub.
Court records indicate Judge Lori Jones issued a default judgment against Auchinleck in December 2013.
Three years later, Judge Leslie Miller ordered Auchinleck to pay the HOA more than $23,000 in attorneys fees in the case.
Auchinleck was found in contempt of court in November 2022, because he’d continued to store personal property in the carport, backyard and side yards and Judge Kellie Johnson ordered Auchinleck to pay $7,244 to the HOA for the removal and storage of his property.
In addition, she ordered Auchinleck to pay $50 a day if his property wasn’t in compliance in the future. She also ordered him to pay another $10,000 in attorneys fees to the HOA.
In November 2023, the HOA was granted a default judgment against Auchinleck, a decree of foreclosure on his property and an order of sale by Judge Michelle Metzger.
According to court documents, attorneys for the HOA had also asked judge to order Auchinleck to pay nearly $36,000 for the principal balance from the 2022 judgment and post 2022 judgment fines, plus $15,000 in attorneys fees and $1,000 in court costs.