Man Guts Home, Gets Jail Sentence
Gutting one's home just before it's lost to foreclosure has become an increasingly common part of the mortgage crisis. But before you rip out that copper wiring, take a look at this cautionary tale from Pennsylvania.
From the Associated Press:
A former Mercer County mortgage broker who gutted his $1.2 million home before a sheriff's sale has been sentenced to three to 15 months in jail and must pay more than $174,000 to an insurance company.
Authorities say Scott McCuskey, 40, of Sharpsville, stripped cabinets, toilets, a Jacuzzi, locks, garage doors and other items. He was convicted of defrauding creditors and fraud in insolvency in April.
McCuskey unsuccessfully argued to Mercer County Court Judge Thomas Dobson on Tuesday that he didn't know he couldn't take the items. His home was collateral on a loan he defaulted on in 2004. Dobson, noting McCuskey worked as a mortgage broker, didn't accept the argument.
Hey, I love my toilet, too—but not enough to go to jail for it.
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man jailed for taking his own belongings
regardless, what kind of country is it that, u can't have anything that is yours, that u paid for, maybe he didn't so much pay as promised on the house its self, but why can't he keep things he already paid for? I didn't even know you couldn't do that, and i have and insurance license, and i have dealt with alot of mortgages, sheriff sales, ect... someone or county...is just "POOR, AND IN SEVER NEED FOR MONEY" This isn't the land of the free, home of the brave, it's land of the illegals, home of the money hungry's... illegals have more rights than us U.S. CITIZENS who pay taxes, unlike those who are not and don't pay taxes
why is it someone from Germany is treated like an UPSTANDING U.S. CITIZEN, but an illegal or one with a visa, doesn't have to pay taxes for 7-10 yrs???????
This Country makes me sick to my stomach.
man jailed for taking belongings
sorry for the typos, i get typing too fast!
karma
ummmm......cuz he didn,t PAY for them remember? The judge got this one right.... nothing more than a common criminal deliberately looting a house HE NO LONGER OWNED! If you took out a loan and bought a car but never made a payment and you set fire to the car before the loan holder came and repossessed it do you think you would NOT go to jail? This guy was and still is trailer park trash.
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