OH: Woman's house and goods wrongly "repossessed"

[seamusTX]

The increasingly personal, insulting trend of this discussion illustrates why I barely look at this forum any more. And I hasten to add that I started this thread.

There was a time, not that long ago, when terms like "bull" were not permitted.

- Jim

[The Dude]

At this point, $18K is going to look like lunch money.

Not to change the subject or anything, but it amazes me that some members of this forum think it's acceptable to shoot a bum for stealing a can of beer, but a bank literally emptying out someone's house is just a minor misunderstanding.

- Jim

Make an example out of them I say.

[seamusTX]

Make an example out of them I say.

Whatever the outcome is, it will be an example. The question is whether the lesson will be that companies can legally treat people like trash, or not.

On the whole, I would say they can get away with this junk, unless an injured party has a backbone, a good lawyer, and a sympathetic jury.

- Jim

[Dave2]

There was a time, not that long ago, when terms like "bull" were not permitted.

AFAIK, they still aren't, but without the rest of the word it probably didn't get flagged.

[seamusTX]

I put a Google news alert on the name of the lady whose house was plundered. There is a cottage industry of sock puppets defaming her online. This is one example:

You people need to stop believing her lies. Her and her sister asked someone I know very well if he/she could find someone to break in her house to steal a gun back her father left her when he passed because [someone] refused to give it to her. Both was trying to bribe with money.

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/mcarthu ... TEPN0N1A3B" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Note the truly excellent use of the English language.

Y'all have to understand that southeastern Ohio makes Arkansas look like the pinnacle of civilization, but this is weird.

- Jim

[MechAg94]

I put a Google news alert on the name of the lady whose house was plundered. There is a cottage industry of sock puppets defaming her online. This is one example:

You people need to stop believing her lies. Her and her sister asked someone I know very well if he/she could find someone to break in her house to steal a gun back her father left her when he passed because [someone] refused to give it to her. Both was trying to bribe with money.

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/mcarthu ... TEPN0N1A3B" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Note the truly excellent use of the English language.

Y'all have to understand that southeastern Ohio makes Arkansas look like the pinnacle of civilization, but this is weird.

- Jim

IMO, the gun was illegally taken and should be returned (with full refund from the people who illegally sold it). I was curious if there were any guns involved.

That said, "bribing" someone to sell guns back to you is not really bribing.

[EEllis]

When our representatives arrived, they noted that the grass was overgrown, the door was unlocked, and the utilities
had been turned off. The home was also nearly empty, with two dressers being the only furniture inside the premises,
and a neighbor indicated that the home had been vacant for some time. Therefore, not knowing that the GPS was
incorrect, our employees had no reason to doubt that they were at the right location, and they proceeded to change the
door locks, clean the property, and discard what they assumed to be trash and abandoned items. Unfortunately, we did
not discover our error until the clean-up process was nearly complete.

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In a meeting with me in my office, I indicated to the homeowner that we wanted to compensate her but would have to
look further into the differences in the lists. We heard nothing more from her or otherwise about this situation until
being contacted by a local television station, which subsequently broadcast a story that, from our perspective, did not
accurately reflect the facts or the good faith actions of the First National Bank to resolve the situation.

Yep sounds like she deserves the 18 grand. Don't I feel foolish for not just jumping on the bandwagon and assuming ....

[seamusTX]

... "bribing" someone to sell guns back to you is not really bribing.

The spew that I quoted is bunk with zero credibility from someone who can't write coherent English.

That said, bribery has a definition. It is payment (or "services") offered to an official (usually, but not always, a public official) to perform an illegal act such as dismissing a case, overlooking offenses, or issuing permits.

Offering money to a random person to commit a crime would be solicitation.

Somewhere a bridge is lacking a troll today.

- Jim

[gringo pistolero]

Can't she hire somebody to "repossess" her property? If it's actually her property it wouldn't be a crime, would it?

[paperchunker]

Can't she hire somebody to "repossess" her property? If it's actually her property it wouldn't be a crime, would it?

That worked really well for O.J.

[seamusTX]

That worked really well for O.J.

I would have said that if you hadn't beat me to it.

Other than hot pursuit of a thief or robber, the legal system has to take its course—often painfully slow and otherwise imperfect.

- Jim

[bizarrenormality]

Try telling that to the repo men.

[seamusTX]

The Ohio case either hasn't been resolved, or was settled with a non-disclosure agreement.

Meanwhile, in Logan, WV, nearly the same thing happened. The bank alleged gave the repo men the wrong address, and the repo men cleaned out the wrong house. Neither party is willing to accept blame.

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Woma ... 93691.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[baldeagle]

No clue why the cops didn't arrest the people involved.

Small town. Large bank.

Any further questions?

- Jim

Soon to be a slightly smaller bank.

[rp_photo]

I'm seeing a lot of similarities to this incident:

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