Bank Breaks Into Ohio Woman’s Home, Repossesses Her Belongings

Banks broke into this womans house and stole her stuff, then sold it, problem is they got the wrong house and her mortgagew isnt even with them, now the bank is acting indignant over the fact that she wants retail value for all the things they sold, its mind boggling that someone could be this stupid, and try to save a penny on making someone whole when they were clearly in the wrong, there should be lynch mobs outside this bank as we speak.



Having your belongings repossessed by a bank hurts, but it’s worse when it’s done by accident.

That’s what one central Ohio woman claims happened to her.

“Katie Barnett says that the First National Bank in Wellston foreclosed on her house, even though it was not her bank,” 10TV.com reports.

“They repossessed my house on accident, thinking it was the house across the street,” Barnett explained.

Barnett added that she was away when the bank decided to break into her home and take her things.

She said she had “to crawl through the window of her own house in order to get in after she used her own key that did not work,” the report adds.

The report notes that most of her belongings were “hauled away,” some sold and others trashed.

Yes, the bank accidentally broke into her home and took her possessions thinking it had the correct house all along.

“They told me that the GPS led them to my house,” Barnett said. “My grass hadn’t been mowed and they just assumed.”

Local authorities, she added, were of little help.

“She called the McArthur Police about the incident, but weeks later, the chief announced the case was closed, the report notes.

She took her problem directly to the bank, presenting its president with a list totaling $18,000 for her stolen belongings.

He refused to pay.

“He got very firm with me and said, ‘We’re not paying you retail here, that’s just the way it is,’” Barnett said. “I did not tell them to come in my house and make me an offer. They took my stuff and I want it back.”

Shock has turned into anger.

“Now, I’m just angry,” she said. “It wouldn’t be a big deal if they would step up and say ‘I’m sorry, we will replace your stuff.’ Instead, I’m getting attitude from them. They’re sarcastic when they talk to me. They make it sound like I’m trying to rip the bank off. All I want is my stuff back.”

The bank president told 10TV.com they are trying to “come to terms” with Barnett.

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Where are vast oceans of lawyers crawling over each other to get first in line, to represent her case?

America graduates tens of thousands of lawyers every year from diploma mills, and not one fucking lawyer is clamoring to the sue the bank on her behalf?

How is it that when a bank breaks into a home they don't own, steal property they don't own, sell that property, and the house it sits in with no deed, nobody is guilty of a felony? How the fuck is that possible, when every single one of those crimes is a felony?
 
I agree, and ignorance is not a valid excuse in court, what if i was caught breaking into someones house and then said, "oh well some guy i know told me it was his house" guarantee im still going to jail.

Someone needs to be held accountable for this, and this is not the first article i have read like this, except in most cases the bank realises its horrible business to fight about the money afterwords, if they repo the wrong goddamn house.

She isnt even asking anything unreasonable, what kind of shithole bank would argue over 18k after selling everything someone owned?

18k for everything she owned, id be asking a fuck of alot more than that, all of a sudden my babe ruth signed baseball, and 2 mona lisas would have mysteriously gone missing.


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Where are vast oceans of lawyers crawling over each other to get first in line, to represent her case?

America graduates tens of thousands of lawyers every year from diploma mills, and not one fucking lawyer is clamoring to the sue the bank on her behalf?

How is it that when a bank breaks into a home they don't own, steal property they don't own, sell that property, and the house it sits in with no deed, nobody is guilty of a felony? How the fuck is that possible, when every single one of those crimes is a felony?
 
We had this happen to one our friends locally. He did not even have a mortgage. He came home from work one day found the locks changed and all of his stuff gone.

It turns out that Bank of America had repossessed his home by identifying the wrong lot number. He needed to hire a lawyer to get his stuff back and set the entire situation straight. I don't think the entire situation is settled yet and it is a few years now.

The funny part of the story is that he and the police were only able to piece together what happenned when they talked to the old lady across the street the evening it happened after she came home from Bingo. She remembered the name on the repossession firm moving truck and wondered why he was moving out and never told her.
 
This is exactly the situation i was thinking about, not charging anyone here sets a dangerous precedent, whats to stop some shady hauling company from staking out a house, moving everything they own out of the house in broad day light when everyone is gone, and if you get caught just saying you got the wrong house.

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The funny part of the story is that he and the police were only able to piece together what happenned when they talked to the old lady across the street the evening it happened after she came home from Bingo. She remembered the name on the repossession firm moving truck and wondered why he was moving out and never told her.
 
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This is exactly the situation i was thinking about, not charging anyone here sets a dangerous precedent, whats to stop some shady hauling company from staking out a house, moving everything they own out of the house in broad day light when everyone is gone, and if you get caught just saying you got the wrong house.

I will make the point in this case that the hauling company had all the correct documents from BoA and were actually very cooperative in responding & sharing full information. However they could not release his belongings until BoA released them after his lawyer sued them (sad story). To also fair he said that the hauling company took good care of his stuff and moved it back in carefully. He actually did not seem to be very mad at the hauling company but furious with the bank.

EDIT: I will also mention that BoA was trying to make him sign documents promising not to sue in order to get his stuff back, Absurd. This is when he got a lawyer.
 
Quote from Max E. Pad:

I agree, and ignorance is not a valid excuse in court, what if i was caught breaking into someones house and then said, "oh well some guy i know told me it was his house" guarantee im still going to jail.

Someone needs to be held accountable for this, and this is not the first article i have read like this, except in most cases the bank realises its horrible business to fight about the money afterwords, if they repo the wrong goddamn house.

She isnt even asking anything unreasonable, what kind of shithole bank would argue over 18k after selling everything someone owned?

18k for everything she owned, id be asking a fuck of alot more than that, all of a sudden my babe ruth signed baseball, and 2 mona lisas would have mysteriously gone missing.

Yup. I don't understand why lawyers aren't beating down this ladys door to sue the bank for punitive damages (read: commission). If I wanted to be a criminal in America, I'd work at a Fortune 500. Nobody ever gets arrested.
 
Yeah, the hauling company in your case did nothing wrong, as they were told by BoA and had the corresponding documentation, but someone at BoA atleast needs to be held accountable, the thing is that the example you provided is not by any means an isolated incident, its happening all the time.

The thing about these cases that never ceases to amaze me is that these companies always fight tooth and nail to save every penny on making a person whole again, when you would think it would be a no brainer from marketing perspective to hook these people up, its just bad business, give the person twice what they want and bend over backwords to help them solve the mess you created, and all of a sudden an incident which costs less than 50k to fix changfes from you being an evil big bank cock sucker, all over all the national news sites, to being someone who admitted they were wrong and did everything you could to right the situation.

Its this stupid goddamn inability by them to admit any wrong doing under any circumstances that makes someone want to tear their throat out, if they did this to someone and made them whole, admitted their mistake, and paid the person for their time in the end all in a stress free manor, id actually almost be inclined to go to that bank, just cause you know the kind of service you are going to get when they inevitably make some kind of mistake over the years of dealing with them.

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I will make the point in this case that the hauling company had all the correct documents from BoA and were actually very cooperative in responding & sharing full information. However they could not release his belongings until BoA released them after his lawyer sued them (sad story). To also fair he said that the hauling company took good care of his stuff and moved it back in carefully. He actually did not seem to be very mad at the hauling company but furious with the bank.

EDIT: I will also mention that BoA was trying to make him sign documents promising not to sue in order to get his stuff back, Absurd. This is when he got a lawyer.
 
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