An Vinton County [Ohio] woman is looking to get her belongings back after a bank incorrectly broke into her house and took them.And, of course, they don't want to make good on the damage they caused.
Katie Barnett says that the First National Bank in Wellston foreclosed on her house, even though it was not her bank.
Barnett said that according to the bank president, this was the first time something like this has happened.What the bank is doing to "help" her is looking for similar items that people have dumped along the road and telling Barnett where that stuff is. (I am not making this up.)
She presented him with an $18,000 estimate to replace the losses, but the president 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.”
So because the Bank of Wellston broke into her house and took all of her shit, Ms. Barnett, the victim, is supposed to go around to second-hand stores and yard sales to find clothes and stuff that is of equal used value to what the fucking bank stole?
The president of the bank is Eric Emmert. The CFO is Sherri Thompson.
My tongue-in-cheek suggestion is that Ms. Barnett ought to hire a crew of movers and go take their shit for her own use. Of course then the McArthur P.D., who did not give a shit about the bank stealing her stuff, would probably care about her stealing the banksters' stuff.
I ask again: Can we please get on with building the guillotines?
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Unbelievable!!! And yes, LAWSUIT and I hope she likes owning a bank!
ReplyDeleteI hope the lawsuit works. For all we know, the bank owns the judge.
ReplyDeleteYours crankily,
The New York Crank
For all we know, the bank owns the judge.
ReplyDeleteCommon Pleas Court judges (trial court, like your Supreme Court judges in NY) in Ohio are elected, so yes, quite possible.
why aren't the bankers in jail? if I jimmied the door on my neighbor's house and stole all his shit n dumped it I'd be in some crowbar hotel 'til hell froze... kinda selective enforcement on the part of those cops
ReplyDeleteHans, theft / burglary / B&E (what it's called depends on the jurisdiction) requires intent. If there was no criminal intent, then it is a civil matter to be settled by the person whose goods were accidentally removed and destroyed being made whole. That said, this bank president is an idiot. I'm quite certain that the bank's attorney told him, "settle with this lady, even the $16K she's asking for will be cheaper than fighting the lawsuit," but there's only so much a lawyer can do when the client is an idiot.
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