A local Damascas man was arrested after stripping his house after losing it to foreclosure (Oregonian). The photo above shows what it looked like before he stripped it. See below for the after shot.
This guy was thorough, he even took the outlets! Seriously, they cost $1.5 at home depot, I'm thinking their street value is pretty much zip. This guy was serious. Unfortunately it's likely to cost him four years in jail.DAMASCUS -- After stripping his foreclosed home of everything from the air conditioning system to the kitchen sink, Grigoriy Bogoslavets was convicted of a crime that is often witnessed but rarely reported.
The 33-year-old electrician pleaded no contest last month to aggravated theft after stealing more than $50,000 of property attached to his former Damascus home, one of the few such cases in Oregon or across the country to result in prosecution. He will be sentenced Sept. 22.
The morale? If you're losing your house to foreclosure think twice about gutting it, it's just not worth it."Banks, which usually can recoup losses from insurance claims, rarely take the time and effort to report theft of home fixtures. But law enforcement officials say nearby residents, eager to preserve their own home values, are starting to turn in their former neighbors.
That's what happened in the Bogoslavets case. Neighbors tipped off police when they saw Bogoslavets return to his former home with a van after vacating the premises. Investigators discovered Bogoslavets had taken nearly everything he could remove, including the kitchen island, fireplace, bathtubs, the doorbell and electrical outlets."
