A man is being held on multiple charges after he moved into a family’s home while they were away on a holiday trip, police said. Nathaniel Jacob Nuckols, 26, was arrested Wednesday when he surrendered after a SWAT team standoff at the family’s Marietta home.Janice Henson told WSB-TV they first realized something was wrong when her key didn’t work in the lock. Then Nuckols, who claimed to have a gun, came to the door, told them the house was his and told them to leave.The family called police, and after an hourslong standoff in which a SWAT team broke down the door and sent in a robot, Nuckols was arrested.Henson told WSB that Nuckols had moved pictures and emptied drawers. She also said all their food was gone. Nuckols is charged with first-degree burglary, making terroristic threats and misdemeanor obstruction. He is being held in the Cobb County Jail with bond set at $33,220.

A man is being held on multiple charges after he moved into a family’s home while they were away on a holiday trip, police said.

Nathaniel Jacob Nuckols, 26, was arrested Wednesday when he surrendered after a SWAT team standoff at the family’s Marietta home.


Janice Henson told WSB-TV they first realized something was wrong when her key didn’t work in the lock. Then Nuckols, who claimed to have a gun, came to the door, told them the house was his and told them to leave.

The family called police, and after an hourslong standoff in which a SWAT team broke down the door and sent in a robot, Nuckols was arrested.

Henson told WSB that Nuckols had moved pictures and emptied drawers. She also said all their food was gone.

Nuckols is charged with first-degree burglary, making terroristic threats and misdemeanor obstruction.

He is being held in the Cobb County Jail with bond set at $33,220.