Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Teens, Adults Partying in Foreclosed Homes

$75,000 In Damages to Lee County Home Owned by Wells Fargo


Remember when you were in high school and keg parties were usually confined to the basement of some cool classmate's home? Well the abundance of abandoned homes in several parts of Florida is bringing both teens and adults out of the basement and into the friendly confines of empty bank-owned properties ripe for partying and vandalizing. A foreclosed Lee County home (Google map) owned by Wells Fargo was the latest stop on the Foreclosure Party Tour, and 17 people have been arrested so far. According to the Naples Daily News, "Windows remained broken, huge holes were punched in walls throughout the structure, graffiti and expletives were spray painted on the walls and ceilings and two Budweiser beer cans were hung on a living room wall. The house remained unsecured. A Coldwell Banker sign was posted at the entrance to the dirt driveway, but the real estate agent could not be reached for comment." These morning-after photos are a pretty sickening reminder of what some "adults" are capable of doing to private property. 

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