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Woman's Home Destroyed After Bogus 'Help Yourself' Ad Posted on Craig's List
Last Update: Apr 6, 2007 10:58 AM
Posted By: Vickie Jean Summers
An ad placed on Craig's List is being blamed for the ransacking of a Tacoma woman's home.
Vandals ripped apart the house after an ad posted on the internet bulletin board invited people to take anything they wanted from inside.
Now police and the home's owner are trying to find out who posted the ad, and why.
"It hurts. I was attached to this home because it used to be my mom's," said Laurie Raye.
A phone caller alerted Raye to the destruction. She soon walked through her garbage strewn front yard to find her house dismantled.
From the light fixtures to the hot water heater, everything was gone, including the kitchen sink. Her neighbors later reported seeing strangers hauling stuff away from her home, seemingly looking for salvage material.
The ad was posted on Craig's List last weekend. An off-duty Tacoma police officer noticed the Craig's List ad last week, inviting people to enter the unlocked house and take whatever they wanted. Later, that same officer noticed the ad was flagged and canceled after a reported burglary at the house.
"We've had a lot of scams off of Craig's List. We've had pros ution things happen, rental scams, fraudulent activity. In this case, it appeared the items were going to be given away, but they were not," says Tacoma Police Investigator Gretchen Ellis.
Raye believes the unknown person who posted the ad carries a personal grudge against her, but that person also conned unsuspecting people into taking part.
When Raye contacted Craig's List she received an email back saying they can't release information about who posted the ad without a subpoena or search warrant.
Raye uses the house as a rental property and recently evicted the tenants. So far they have not been named suspects.
crazy!
those crazy vandals
that is just priceless. i feel sorry for the lady, but that's pretty original
Craig's list needs to be forced to tell who posted that ad. How would you like to come home and find your home torn apart and all your stuff gone?
Old Craig needs a beatch slapping!
Over $10K, contact the FBI, this is obviously terrorism, and dubya's FBI don't need no stinking court-signed search warrants.
I'm sorry sir, that would make too much sense.
They stole a hot water heater and the kitchen sink??From the light fixtures to the hot water heater, everything was gone, including the kitchen sink. Her neighbors later reported seeing strangers hauling stuff away from her home, seemingly looking for salvage material.
Aren't those things kinda odd to hear about when a house gets ransacked?
I hear about jewelry, TV's, computers, cash, etc. but a water heater....a kitchen sink??
What's your address, again? You might not think it's ing funny, then...
Why couldn't that have happened here in SA? I'd like some free .
The house was empty
If she was a landlord, it would be funny.What's your address, again? You might not think it's ing funny, then...
Everyone thinks their landlord/landlady is a /bas , probably because they insist on things like rent and good behavior towards the neighbors. How dare they?
There are actually very few things that will allow a landlord to evict. None of them fall under the heading of "good tennant". This person was a puro asshole.
I had a landlord that wouldn't take care of our rat problem, that she knew about before renting to us. I've seen landlords that lay newspaper instead of foam under carpet. I'm talking about people like that.
Am I the only guy wondering who the Craig is?
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