Bruce Breedlove
08-24-2008, 01:30 AM
With home sales down I guess one real estate agent in South Bend, IN had to resort to burglary to make a living.
A homeowner has his home listed for sale and came home to find a truck in the driveway with several of his possessions either loaded in the truck or staged nearby. The homeowner confronted the two men taking his belongings before calling police.
Realtor charged with stealing (http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/News01/808220330/0/Lives)
One of the men, [the Realtor], told police he was a Realtor with Remax 100 and was showing the home to the man who was with him.
But the other man told police he wasn't shopping for a new home, but that [the Realtor] had asked him for help in clearing out the home, which [the Realtor] had said was foreclosed.
[The Realtor], who was in fact a Realtor, also told officers he had contacted the home's listing agent and had permission to be at the house.
But according to [police], the home's agent — employed through Coldwell Banker — said she had not talked with [the Realtor].
Police arrested [the Realtor], [police] said, and booked him in the St. Joseph County Jail.
On Monday, prosecutors charged [the Realtor] with one count of burglary, a class C felony punishable by up to eight years in prison.
The Realtor's unwitting accomplice also told prosecutors that he had helped the Realtor remove items from another home.
I expect somewhere along the line for [the Realtor] to blame all this on a home inspector.
A homeowner has his home listed for sale and came home to find a truck in the driveway with several of his possessions either loaded in the truck or staged nearby. The homeowner confronted the two men taking his belongings before calling police.
Realtor charged with stealing (http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080822/News01/808220330/0/Lives)
One of the men, [the Realtor], told police he was a Realtor with Remax 100 and was showing the home to the man who was with him.
But the other man told police he wasn't shopping for a new home, but that [the Realtor] had asked him for help in clearing out the home, which [the Realtor] had said was foreclosed.
[The Realtor], who was in fact a Realtor, also told officers he had contacted the home's listing agent and had permission to be at the house.
But according to [police], the home's agent — employed through Coldwell Banker — said she had not talked with [the Realtor].
Police arrested [the Realtor], [police] said, and booked him in the St. Joseph County Jail.
On Monday, prosecutors charged [the Realtor] with one count of burglary, a class C felony punishable by up to eight years in prison.
The Realtor's unwitting accomplice also told prosecutors that he had helped the Realtor remove items from another home.
I expect somewhere along the line for [the Realtor] to blame all this on a home inspector.