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February 18, 2010
Frustrated Owner Bulldozes Home Ahead Of Foreclosure
Looks like someone else got p1ssed off enough that they decided to take matters to the extreme.
Hoskins said he's been in a struggle with RiverHills Bank over his Clermont County home for nearly a decade, a struggle that was coming to an end as the bank began foreclosure proceedings on his $350,000 home.
Hoskins said he'd gotten a $170,000 offer from someone to pay off the house, but the bank refused, saying they could get more from selling it in foreclosure.
Hoskins told the bank "I'll tear it down before I let you take it."
And that's exactly what he did. He used a bulldozer two weeks ago to level the home he'd built.
He said his actions were intended to send a message - "...to ... make banks think twice before they try to take someone's home, and if they are going to take it wrongly, the end result will be them tearing their house down like I did mine."
Update: Fark had a shot of Killdozer, which I have to admit came to mind when I read this. Rest in Peace, Marvin Heemeyer - true American patriot.
Posted by Rob Kiser on February 18, 2010 at 9:17 PM
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