Help me kick someone out

[Rhett]

I let an old friend who is havng a lot of problems stay at my house. He has a court hearing in Philadelphia for assaulting his room mate March 9. I live in Austin, Tx, and he drove across the country to come stay with me. He has no money, and has already used credit cards and borrowed money from everyoe who would give him some.

It has become clear now, after a few days that he has no intention of leavng my home. I have asked him to leave, and he ignores me. I just placed all of his things outside, and locked the doors. Then I called non-emergency police to ask them what the procedure is for something like this. Here is the kicker:

The police told me that by letting him in, he established residency, and I have to formally evict him in court. That costs $82 and takes several weeks.

WTF?! OOT, please tell me what happens in the real world in these situations. I figure that he probably won't go back to Philadelphia for his March 9 hearing, so there will be a warrant out for his arrest by that time anyway, and I don't need to bother filing a formal eviction.

Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? Thanks!