Home invader shot in Poolsville

camo556 · Oct 12, 2021

but wait theres more

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=38242

The decedent was identified as Harry Trueman Powell, age 34, of Washington, D.C.

It appeared that Powell had been sleeping in the basement of the residence for some time without the homeowner’s permission.

wut?

hmm

AlBeight · Oct 12, 2021

camo556 said:
https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=38242

wut?

hmm

I don’t think it’s possible to be described as ”decedent” if you’re living in someone’s basement. Not really living the high life in that situation.

GBMaryland · Oct 12, 2021

Yeah that’s pretty weird… Kind of strange that someone was “sleeping in your basement” for sometime without permission and suddenly it’s an issue.

So either it’s some odd domestic issue… Or the guy was so good he broke into the basement and managed to sleep there and nobody knew about it.

pbharvey · Oct 12, 2021

Lol we just watched the movie “I See You” the other night. It’s about phrogging where you break into someone’s house and stay there for a while without them knowing it.
Weird movie but after seeing this now I guess it really is a thing.

camo556 · Oct 12, 2021

more:

https://wjla.com/news/local/poolesv...truder-montgomery-county-police-investigating

camo556 · Oct 12, 2021

ok i better check my basement.

hope you dont read about me on the news.

parttimer · Oct 12, 2021

My mother in laws friend had homeless people living in her crawl space unbeknownst to her for a while. She found the crawl space access door under her deck partially open and found evidence of people living in there. She called the police and they told her based on the amount of trash under there the squatters may have been in there for months. She had to call the police several times because they kept coming back after she found they were living in there.

adit · Oct 12, 2021

GBMaryland said:
Yeah that’s pretty weird… Kind of strange that someone was “sleeping in your basement” for sometime without permission and suddenly it’s an issue.

So either it’s some odd domestic issue… Or the guy was so good he broke into the basement and managed to sleep there and nobody knew about it.

Anyone remember Lazlo Hollyfeld?

SkiPatrolDude · Oct 12, 2021

parttimer said:
My mother in laws friend had homeless people living in her crawl space unbeknownst to her for a while. She found the crawl space access door under her deck partially open and found evidence of people living in there. She called the police and they told her based on the amount of trash under there the squatters may have been in there for months. She had to call the police several times because they kept coming back after she found they were living in there.

It seems like this may be the same kind of situation.

I found the house on Redfin

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Poolesville/18810-River-Rd-20837/home/10500569

Scroll down and you can see comments from realtors from a few years ago stating that there was significant mold in the basement, one suggesting it needed a complete tear down.

Perhaps the owner avoided the basement for long periods and there was evidence of the perp squatting there for some time before the owner ever found out (and then shot the perp).

akalma · Oct 12, 2021

SkiPatrolDude said:
It seems like this may be the same kind of situation.

I found the house on Redfin

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Poolesville/18810-River-Rd-20837/home/10500569

Sweet location for hunting, borders McKee.

inkd · Oct 12, 2021

adit said:
Anyone remember Lazlo Hollyfeld?

He was brilliant. A Real Genius!!!!

Mightydog · Oct 12, 2021

GBMaryland said:
Yeah that’s pretty weird… Kind of strange that someone was “sleeping in your basement” for sometime without permission and suddenly it’s an issue.

So either it’s some odd domestic issue… Or the guy was so good he broke into the basement and managed to sleep there and nobody knew about it.

Must’ve been that first flush of the toilet that gave him away. Probably came upstairs to raid the fridge. I’ll wait for Paul Harvey “and now the rest of the story”.

camo556 · Oct 12, 2021

I checked and my basement is clear.

mikem623 · Oct 12, 2021

It seems his practice on the private RANGE paid off.

Aamdskeetshooter · Oct 12, 2021

The drug addict son of a guy I used to work with rented out the basement to a homeless person without the parents knowledge or permission. The son disabled the alarm to the window in the basement. I don’t remember how long it went on for or how he found out about it. Dad threw the son out of the house soon after that. The brother took him in until the drug dealers started showing up demanding money. Somehow the kid ended up in the military and turned himself around. I can’t imagine what he went through.

Bullfrog · Oct 12, 2021

AlBeight said:
I don’t think it’s possible to be described as ”decedent” if you’re living in someone’s basement. Not really living the high life in that situation.

Might want to check the dictionary.

decedent != decadent

adit · Oct 13, 2021

inkd said:
He was brilliant. A Real Genius!!!!

That he was. :popcorn:

Dal1as · Oct 13, 2021

Wasn't there some sort of home inspection truck in the driveway? My guess is the squatter was discovered that way and the homeowner then shot him.

camo556 · Oct 13, 2021

from the other thread

Tower43 said:
Update:

So as the truth unfolds, apparently the homeowner had been on vacation, the intruder took up residence in the basement and was attempting to enter upstairs after the homeowner came home.

The homeowner called 911, notified the police someone was attempting to break in, during the call, while still on the line the intruder broke into the house, dispatcher reported hearing shouting and a scuffle, then shots. Homeowner picked phone back up and said that the intruder had attempted to take the gun from him, he thinks he is dead and asked what to do next.

Police brought him to HQ and questioned him, later releasing him without charges.

We ALL know MoCo... if they could've charged him, they would've. Sounds like a clean shoot at this point.

As for the birds thing... I was reading somewhere that he used to have an outdoor shooting range (not really all that unusual in Poolesville) but the neighbor said something about birds and noise... that forced him to build an indoor firing range (and put those signs up) and it was also a play on the whole "birds are spies" nonsense....

Bullfrog · Oct 13, 2021

Dal1as said:
Wasn't there some sort of home inspection truck in the driveway? My guess is the squatter was discovered that way and the homeowner then shot him.

No. The home inspection company is owned by the homeowner's father, and there are reports that the homeowner worked for them too. That is why the truck was in the driveway, the home wasn't being inspected.

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