Squatters trash stolen home prior to eviction
From
Eyewitness News:
A Queens woman who had her family home stolen in a phony deed scam is finally back inside the house, but the condition it was left in made for anything but a happy reunion.
A city marshal armed with an eviction order broke the lock of Jennifer Merin's home in Laurelton Monday morning, a lock put there by squatters months ago.
Escorted by investigators from the sheriff's office, the 70-year-old Merin finally got back inside to see what was left behind. And the mess wasn't pretty.
"It feels like they've really trampled on the graves of my family," she said.
12 comments:
The city was duped by the phony deed, not the homeowner. The city should take some of the responsibility and give some sort of restitution to the homeowner.
The city was duped by the phony deed, not the homeowner. The city should take some of the responsibility and give some sort of restitution to the homeowner.
Damn right! The city is not judgment proof, and should pay for their negligence!
Exactly what is a clerk to do when presented with an authentic looking properly executed document? Launch a full scale investigation? On every piece of paper that gets filed? Are you two kidding?
This outcome was completely foreseeable.
How can it be an authentic looking properly executed document if the previous legal owner's name isn't on it?
Municipal Immunity
Why is this guy not in jail?
these apes will never be civilized. no hope.
"How can it be an authentic looking properly executed document if the previous legal owner's name isn't on it?"
Doesn't mean it can't be recorded. It isn't a clerk's function to examine a deed for being out of the chain of title. as long as the filer has the papers, the fee and a Queens Block and Lot the clerk MUST take it for recording.
Well perhaps that needs to be changed.
even so, mistakes do happen. the city is not mistake free (clearly). but now they must rectify it, and help for their mistake.
Why did the judge give the squatter 10 days to vacate? Anyone with an ounce of sense knew the place was going to be trashed further. Hold the judge responsible
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