Earlier today we put up a story on Hernando Sheriff’s Office “There was no criminal intent” when Jack Booted Thugs Trashed Out Home NOT in Foreclosure…

The sheriff’s department can’t get involved, because as Mormando explains, there are no arrestable offenses committed.

But, but, but…

Property manager on parole sent back to prison for breaking into tenant’s home

After serving 4 1/2 years in prison for Medicare fraud, Barry Haught returned to Tampa in 2008 and got into the business of buying and renting properties that had been foreclosed on by homeowners associations because the residents didn’t pay their dues.

But on Thursday, U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore ruled that Haught, 57, committed a felony in his new role as landlord and sent him back to prison for four months for violating conditions of his supervised release. After serving the sentence, he will be under supervised release for two years.

On Dec. 30, Haught entered the Brandon home of Terry McPhatter, a tenant who was behind on her rent. With McPhatter at work and two of her children watching, Haught removed the locks from her front door, then destroyed the family’s TV, cable box and a PlayStation by ripping them from the wall and throwing them to the floor, McPhatter testified.

In court, Haught admitted removing the locks but denied damaging the tenant’s property. He told the judge he had been sent by his employer, Ralph Chancey of Tampa, to “send a message” to McPhatter.

“We wanted to let her know the seriousness of our intent to evict her if there was no rent payment,” said Haught, who said he simply moved the TV to the garage.

Haught and Chancey said the lease allowed the landlord to enter and inspect the property at will. But the judge said Florida bans such practices, regardless of what is written into a lease. Whittemore said that by forcibly entering McPhatter’s residence and removing the lock, Haught was guilty of burglary.

You can check out the rest here…

Once again, there are one set of rules for the banks, and another set of rules for everyone else.

Or as Matt Weidner puts it…

“If it is a crime for a landlord to break into a home and change locks when a tenant doesn’t even own the home, why is it not a crime when a bank does this to a property that is owned by the homeowner?”

I guess Haught should of said, “I’m from the bank.”

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