A brief story of our nightmare...
This is our renter, who has been drama from DAY 1! I can say, hindsight is 20/20. It took 3 weeks to get our first months rent and security deposit {that's another story}. Once we got the rent, which was delivered to us all in $20's, Jim sensed something wasn't right. He hit the nail on the head. He did a criminal background search and we learned that she had 7 warrants for her arrest and had 4 alias. We knew we needed to do something, but what? Then we got an emergency call from one of the neighbors informing us to quickly get to the house! Jim and I rushed over and we learned some even more disturbing truths. Apparently she had our home on craig's list and was trying to rent it out to people. No, not with the intentions that they would ever move in, but with the full extent to deceive them and scam them out of their security deposits. We caught her in the act. One family was about to hand her a cashiers check for $1400 but felt a little off. They saw a neighbor and asked some questions. That's when we got called. We approached our renter with this information and of course, she denied it! Her game was up. I couldn't even look her in the face. Her "firefighter" husband was not in another state fighting fires, he was in prison. I immediately called 911. 25 minutes later, the sheriff showed up. In that time, we learned that she was also subletting bedrooms to strange men. Finally, the officer brought her out in handcuffs and the entire neighborhood was in the driveway taking pictures. We also learned that her children had been taken away by CPS. Now the problem is, she still has rights! Technically, when she gets out of jail, she has the right to go right back to our home! Where is the justice..it's not in the legal system!
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