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Bank Breaks Into Ohio Womanâs Home, Repossesses Her Belongings
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THE PLOT THICKENS: BANK RESPONDS TO STORY OF WOMAN WHOSE BELONGINGS WERE WRONGFULLY REPOSSESSED
The president of a bank that accidentally broke into an Ohio womanâs home and repossessed her belongings has responded to public outcry â and his story contradicts some of the details that have been reported so far.
First National Bank in Wellston, Ohio, doesnât deny breaking into the wrong home. The bank doesnât even deny wrongfully repossessing Katie Barnettâs belongings.
However, according to a statement released Thursday by bank president Anthony S. Thorne, Barnettâs claim that the bank hauled away roughly $18,000 worth of goods is inconsistent with their estimates.
â[W]e communicated to the homeowner our desire to compensate her fairly and equitably for her inconvenience and loss,â the statement reads.
âHowever, the written list of items that she provided to us â and the value she assigned to those items â 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,â it adds.
The statement explains that although the bank employees got the wrong home â thanks to a GPS mistake â 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 âwould probably need receipts for everything that they took and they were not paying retail,â she said.
âI told him I wasnât running a yard sale and asking them to make me an offer. I told him I donât 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,â she added.
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 bankâs side of the story.
âNearly all of the news stories that you may have seen â regardless of whether on television or the internet â appear to have been taken directly from the local television report,â the statement reads.
âOther 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,â it adds.
The statement goes on to say that it will continue to work to settle the issue with Barnett.
Hereâs the bankâs full explanation:
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I'm really appalled that this bank believes "sincerely apologizing" and not paying from the list they themselves compiled while trying to allure her into overestimating the value of her property "on a recorded line" so she can look like the one at fault when it comes to court is so terrible I don't know why there aren't criminal charges here either!
This sounds criminal, especially the way the bank is handling it at the moment, and there is no retort the bank should give than to pay what she wants because their inventory unless videotaped is completely false considering they had no business being there and no matter how carefully they may have annotated her belongings to a list assessing fines and penalties to the bank is something I don't know if any regulator would do.
Appalling, and I'm sure this woman is out too much to hire attorneys and other than to file a police report there does not appear to be any accountability being held by the police about this bank's actions.
There is too much precedent for this to happen again if the bank goes unpunished for what they have done, and at least in terms of monetary compensation that bank doesn't know what that woman's belongings were worth either.
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I'm really appalled that this bank believes "sincerely apologizing" and not paying from the list they themselves compiled while trying to allure her into overestimating the value of her property "on a recorded line" so she can look like the one at fault when it comes to court is so terrible I don't know why there aren't criminal charges here either!
This sounds criminal, especially the way the bank is handling it at the moment, and there is no retort the bank should give than to pay what she wants because their inventory unless videotaped is completely false considering they had no business being there and no matter how carefully they may have annotated her belongings to a list assessing fines and penalties to the bank is something I don't know if any regulator would do.
Appalling, and I'm sure this woman is out too much to hire attorneys and other than to file a police report there does not appear to be any accountability being held by the police about this bank's actions.
There is too much precedent for this to happen again if the bank goes unpunished for what they have done, and at least in terms of monetary compensation that bank doesn't know what that woman's belongings were worth either.
Yes, this is a criminal case. These scum bags broke into a home with the intent to take items not belonging to them. This is called day time burglary.
As far as attorneys go, I guarantee she'll find numerous top names who will take her case on a contingency basis.
I'm not a fan of lawsuits, but this case screams for one.
I love how the bank thinks that letter somehow justifies their position, when really all it does is confirm that they are total fucking morons.
If even 1 person decides not to do business with them as a result of this incident they are already out the 18k they owe this chick. 400k mortgage*5% interest = 20k interest in 1 year.
Im just absolutely dumbfounded that a business could possibly be this stupid over 18k. They should consider themselves lucky the woman doesnt want her house to be refurnished with 200k worth of stuff.
If even 1 person decides not to do business with them as a result of this incident they are already out the 18k they owe this chick. 400k mortgage*5% interest = 20k interest in 1 year.
Im just absolutely dumbfounded that a business could possibly be this stupid over 18k. They should consider themselves lucky the woman doesnt want her house to be refurnished with 200k worth of stuff.
Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey Reveals 81% Of Hiring Managers Want College Grads Who VolunteerQuote from Max E. Pad:
I find it<s> hard</s> down right impossible to believe that you run a business and you find community organising/agitating to be a highly regarded quality. Is your business unionised?
By Nader Salass
Posted: 08/09/2013 9:53 am EDT | Updated: 08/09/2013 10:30 am EDT
"With half of college grads working jobs that don't require degrees, the unemployment rate for 20-24 year-olds hovering around 12.6 percent, and an increasing percentage of adults with college degrees, millennials need new ways to impress hiring managers.
"A recent study indicates that they can start by volunteering. The Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey reveals that skilled and dedicated volunteer work makes college graduate job candidates more appealing to human resources executives.
"About 81 percent of hiring managers felt that volunteer work makes graduates more attractive job candidates. However, only 46 percent of the surveyed college students felt that volunteering would help them secure future jobs.
"The CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency promoting service and volunteering, expressed her gratitude to Deloitte, mentioning that their research helped provide concrete data for a hypothesis that the CNCS had anticipated to be correct.
"Many of us in the volunteer sector have long felt volunteering gives a boost to those looking for work, but we've never had solid research to back it up," said the CNCS CEO, Wendy Spencer, in a press release. "These reports provide strong evidence that volunteering is beneficial for jobseekers. Whether serving in AmeriCorps or sharing your professional skills at a nonprofit, volunteering can provide the skills, contacts, and leadership qualities that make you stand out in a competitive job market."
"Deloitte also revealed some good news for service members. The study found that 78 percent of hiring managers found returning military veterans with volunteer experience more appealing. Yet, much like with college graduates, only 48 percent of military personnel had considered volunteering at a nonprofit.
"Nevertheless, 94 percent of the surveyed hiring execs also felt that most military veterans possess the skills and experience beneficial for the workplace. Compare that to the 91 percent that felt that college graduates needed to volunteer at nonprofits in order to improve their work skills and marketability.
"The Deloitte study is not the only recent indicator that volunteer work has its benefits. In May, Harvard Business School gave several of its MBA program graduates $50,000 for dedicating their studies on nonprofit work and volunteering. "
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Is your implication here that employers view professional agitators (community organisers) like Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, people whose entire persona is based on creating turmoil, in the same light as actual volunteers who choose to volunteer for places like the cancer society for apolitical reasons?
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Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey Reveals 81% Of Hiring Managers Want College Grads Who Volunteer