Bank forecloses on wrong house

[mstng86]

Well, at least it was BofA!!!

On a side note, whoever the bank paid to clear out the house should have insurance. That is who the bank should have called up.

[Rtanner]

yeah no crimminal intent, i bought a car on bill of sale one time, heard it was stolen after the fact, called local sherriff scared as hell, and they said i had no crimminal intent in purchasing it,

[FastFox]

I'd tell them they did not have to pay me anything at all. All I would want is an air tight work contract at the bank for 50 years at $500,000.00 a year. The job would be from 9AM until 10:00 AM Tuesday through Thursday. The job would be to verify that the ocean was not getting into the vault. Should the bank close or merge, the contract would have to be paid in full plus any income tax on the amount paid. Oh, and I would require a new Shelby every year as a company car. I would take care of the washing of the car, but all other expenses including gas would be paid by the bank.

[FastFox]

Wrong house

I would tell them that they did not have to pay for anything. All I would require is an iron clad contract for a job at the bank for 50 years at $ 500,000.00 per year. The hours would be from 9AM until 10:00AM Tuesday through Thursday. The job would be to verify that the ocean is not flooding the vault. I would require a new Shelby every 6 months as a company car. The bank would take care of all the expenses including gas. I would was the car myself.

[bcoop]

I'd tell them they did not have to pay me anything at all. All I would want is an air tight work contract at the bank for 50 years at $500,000.00 a year. The job would be from 9AM until 10:00 AM Tuesday through Thursday. The job would be to verify that the ocean was not getting into the vault. Should the bank close or merge, the contract would have to be paid in full plus any income tax on the amount paid. Oh, and I would require a new Shelby every year as a company car. I would take care of the washing of the car, but all other expenses including gas would be paid by the bank.

I would tell them that they did not have to pay for anything. All I would require is an iron clad contract for a job at the bank for 50 years at $ 500,000.00 per year. The hours would be from 9AM until 10:00AM Tuesday through Thursday. The job would be to verify that the ocean is not flooding the vault. I would require a new Shelby every 6 months as a company car. The bank would take care of all the expenses including gas. I would was the car myself.

Sure you would. Would you tell them twice though, worded differently each time? I bet they'd give it to you, too. You smooth talker you...

[stevo]

I hope this guy didn't die in the middle of making this post.



Anyway, I've just playing devil's advocate on this one, I'm really not even sure where I personally stand on it. I know if I was in her position I'd be looking for the most absolute cut throat lawyer I could find.

Mens rea is Latin for "guilty mind".[1] In criminal law, it is viewed as one of the necessary elements of some crimes

It was gross negligence at the bare minimum.

Stevo

[mikeb]

As has been said before - the bank manager is a dumbass. He should have cut a check on the spot and had the lady signed a "we're all square" document with a notary standing by.

Instead he turned a $18k loss into a much bigger loss.

[jewozzy]

Please explain this a little more. I'm not disagreeing per-se, but they broke into her house and took all of her shit. I don't see how that isn't criminal just because "they made a mistake."

well im assuming they had paperwork that would have been legal. an error in the paperwork doesn't make it a criminal matter. who would you go after criminally? the workers who were doing their jobs based on paperwork they had or the bank person that made the error?

im not saying its not wrong i just dont see how criminally you would be able to charge anyone on it. its not a cut and dry burg hab type of case.

[SSMAN]

Hmmm, wonder what would have happened legally if someone was home and shot the intruder?

[Whiteboy]

I would go to that bank and start removing all there furniture and fixtures its only fair

[Whiteboy]

Hmmm, wonder what would have happened legally if someone was home and shot the intruder?

there would be a dead dude in the house.

[SSMAN]

there would be a dead dude in the house.

I have to admit, I did not see that coming.......

[Forever_frost]

I really don't care what the actual value of the property destroyed and disposed of was. You messed up. Instead of looking at the address on the sheet, you trusted a GPS. Your messup, pay the woman 20k.

The president of a bank that accidentally broke into an Ohio woman’s home and repossessed her belongings has responded to public outcry – and his story contradicts some of the details that have been reported so far.

First National Bank in Wellston, Ohio, doesn’t deny breaking into the wrong home. The bank doesn’t even deny wrongfully repossessing Katie Barnett’s belongings.

Bank Responds to Story About Ohio Woman Whose Belongings Were Wrongfully Repossessed
Katie Barnett (Credit: WBNS-TV)
However, according to a statement released Thursday by bank president Anthony S. Thorne, Barnett’s claim that the bank hauled away roughly $18,000 worth of goods is inconsistent with their estimates.

“[W]e communicated to the homeowner our desire to compensate her fairly and equitably for her inconvenience and loss,” the statement reads.

“However, the written list of items that she provided to us – and the value she assigned to those items – is inconsistent with the list and descriptions of items removed that was prepared by the employees who did the work, and with the list and values of missing items provided by the homeowner herself as recorded in an earlier telephone conversation with one of our representatives,” it adds.



The statement explains that although the bank employees got the wrong home — thanks to a GPS mistake — overgrown grass and turned-off utilities led them to believe that it was indeed the correct house. The statement adds that employees found the house unlocked when they arrived.

Barnett, who had been away for a few weeks when the bank broke into her home, claims the most expensive items taken were two car engines and parts worth about $9,000.

She adds two dressers, some clothing, pool cleaning supplies, patio furniture, and various goods outside the home were taken by bank employees. Some of it was hauled away, some of it was trashed, and some of it was sold.


The bank told her that she “would probably need receipts for everything that they took and they were not paying retail,” she said.

“I told him I wasn’t running a yard sale and asking them to make me an offer. I told him I don’t keep receipts around for everything I have just in case a bank comes by and steals my stuff. And if I did, where do you think it would be? With the stuff that you threw away,” she added.

Bank Responds to Story About Ohio Woman Whose Belongings Were Wrongfully Repossessed
(Credit: WBNS-TV)
First National Bank did not respond to requests for comment from ABC News or The Huffington Post and bank employees refused to discuss the incident with 10tv.com.

Still, Thorne accused the media of failing to get the bank’s side of the story.

“Nearly all of the news stories that you may have seen – regardless of whether on television or the internet – appear to have been taken directly from the local television report,” the statement reads.

“Other than CNN, no news media that has rebroadcast or reprinted this story has contacted us to get our side of the story or to verify the claims made on the local station,” it adds.

The statement goes on to say that it will continue to work to settle the issue with Barnett.

Here’s the bank’s full explanation:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/26/the-plot-thickens-bank-responds-to-story-of-woman-whose-belongings-were-wrongfully-repossessed/

[Ted]

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.The bank told her that she “would probably need receipts for everything that they took and they were not paying retail,”:


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...y-repossessed/

This the part that really pisses me off. It's not like she just gets to roll into the store and tell them she is replacing all her shit and isn't paying retail. What a bitch-move for the bank to make and basically claim its partially her fault for the yard being unkept and her power off.

[crapstang]

Why am I not surprised that the police would do nothing about her house being burglarized...

Stevo

When you are busy catching people doing 6 over, you have a lot on your plate...pshh, like your shit being taken is worth mentioning!