‘Squatter King’ Sends In The Wolfpack To Reclaim Hijacked Homes

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‘Squatter King’ Sends In The Wolfpack To Reclaim Hijacked Homes

Maryland contractor Sanchez “Mikey” Denadre Lewis uses his crew, which he calls the “Wolf Pack,” to “go above and beyond” to get squatters to leave.

Unauthorized occupants make renovation projects difficult, delaying crews from coming onto the property by presenting leases that owners and property managers do not recognize, Mikey told Fox Baltimore.

He now markets his service as “Squatter King Removal.”

“Me and my wolves, we go above and beyond to get these houses back,” Mikey told Fox Baltimore.

“Police said we can’t remove somebody, so lawfully, the only thing we can do is what we could do,” Mikey said. His team cannot physically interact with the occupants; rather, he “describes removing doors and windows, disrupting access to the building and creating conditions intended to persuade suspected squatters to leave,” according to Fox Baltimore.

Mikey claims his company is within the law. His crew never physically removes or assaults the people, and he is hired by property managers and owners who want access to their building, he told Fox Baltimore. The company’s practices are in a legal grey area. Maryland usually requires the use of the court system to remove squatters from residences. (RELATED: Squatters Swipe $2.3 Million Mansion In Swanky DC Suburb)

Fox Baltimore reported that “From boarding squatters inside properties to towing their vehicles, and even using bear spray and smoke bombs as defensive measures when entering properties occupied by purported unauthorized residents, Mikey said his team is determined to resolve a property owner’s squatter problem.”

In a text Mikey sent to a potential customer, he said “I neverrrr guarantee we going get someone out but I damn sure can guarantee my wolves not going stop once they get $$,” according to Fox Baltimore.

Mikey, a former convict and drug user, started his trash removal business about six years ago, according to the report. He worked on demolition, cleaning, and eviction jobs. Gradually, he began to see the major problem that squatters played in his work, according to Fox Baltimore.

“We would get at least 20 cleanouts and only do one,” Mikey told Fox Baltimore. “All these people showing fake leases. The owners not knowing who they is. The property managers not knowing.”

Eventually, Mikey recognized the market and began to market a specific squatter removal service. His service started at $2,000 and increased with difficulty, number of occupants, and property differences, according to Fox Baltimore.

Squatters have become a common problem throughout Maryland, with one Maryland lawmaker describing a “multimillion-dollar issue here in the state that we need to address,” in a 2025 interview with Fox Baltimore.

In February, University of Maryland professor Ze Wang returned from winter vacation to find his home overtaken by squatters. When asked to present any form of paperwork, the squatters presented a fake lease document. However, in Maryland, “When someone presents a lease, even one a homeowner insists is fraudulent, police typically treat the situation as a civil landlord-tenant dispute rather than criminal trespass or fraud,” Fox News Baltimore reported.

It took nearly two months for the squatters to leave. When Wang returned to the building, he found extensive damages costing over $80,000 to repair, according to Fox Baltimore.

In May 2026, Maryland Democrat Gov. Wes Moore signed two bills aimed at addressing the state’s squatter problems. One bill cracks down on online squatting rings, and another makes fraudulent leases a felony.