Sacramento Residents Allegedly Evicted With Tasers, As Naked Photos Go Missing

Here's another reason not to leave naked pictures lying around.

Private security guards toting tasers allegedly forced nine residents of a Sacramento condo complex out of their homes at 3 a.m. as part of a foreclosure that the residents claim they hadn’t been informed of, according to Courthouse News (h/t Consumerist). One of the residents said that when he was ultimately allowed back into his condo, he found naked pictures of him and his girlfriend had gone missing.

As the foreclosure crisis continues to rock the nation, many lenders are using increasingly aggressive tactics in evicting homeowners. Foreclosure proceedings are also getting increasingly tense as frustrated foreclosure victims take out their anger. In California, where the incident took place, 1 in every 303 housing units was in foreclosure as of March, according to RealtyTrac.

The residents are suing the private security firm and the homeowners association, claiming that none of the residents knew about the impending foreclosure and that they hadn't received service of the lawsuit before the guards barged in.

But aggressive foreclosure tactics aren't unique to California. One mortgage company allegedly raided one Florida home last year after the owners fell behind on the mortgage payments. The company reportedly took the homeowner's sofa, tables, television, cabinets and even shredded a wedding dress that was in the home.

More recently, Bank of America gave one Los Angeles-area homeowner and her disabled daughter mere minutes to flee from their home. Even though BofA had already modified the woman’s loan, the bank then sold the house to a flipper at a foreclosure auction and the flipper moved to evict her.

With eviction proceedings that are so fraught with tension, it may be no surprise that former homeowners sometimes respond aggressively. One couple in Minnesota was set to move into their new home when they found the garage vandalized with the phrase, “Take my house [expletive]… only going to get worse."

And in Jacksonville, Florida evicted homeowners ripped out their mansion’s cabinets, light fixtures and appliances before leaving.

Indeed, homeowners ransacking their houses isn't all that uncommon. KVUE reported on a similar situation in Texas.

"They're mad at the bank so they take it out on the house," George Roddy, of the Addison based Foreclosure Listing Service, told KVUE.

Check out these additional bizarre foreclosure stories:

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• Columbine Shooting Survivor Fighting Foreclosure With Occupy LA's Help

  Richard Castaldo survived the shooting at Columbine High School 13 years ago and now he is fighting to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/richard-castaldo-columbine-foreclosure-occupy-la_n_2198146.html?utm_hp_ref=business" target="_hplink">rescue his home from foreclosure</a>. The people of Occupy Los Angeles are helping Castaldo and others like him to save their homes.

• USDA Forecloses On 78-Year-Old Cancer Patient

  The USDA foreclosed on 78-year-old Texas resident Alicia Ramirez, reportedly <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/alicia-ramirez-cancer-eviction_n_1747933.html?utm_hp_ref=business" target="_hplink">after she was diagnosed with cancer.</a> While the USDA has thus far allowed Ramirez to remain in her home, a court order evicting the senior citizen could be issued at any time.

• Foreclosure Victims Lose Belongings After Free Yard Sale Goes Wrong

  The Vercher family of Woodstock, Georgia, offered to give away a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/vercher-family-woodstock-craigslist-foreclosed_n_2017738.html?1351188857" target="_hplink">number of household items in a Craigslist ad</a> after their house was foreclosed on. Instead, they ended up losing nearly all of their belongings when people began taking items from inside the house.

• Wells Fargo Offers Cancer Patient 'Assistance' Then Forecloses

  Terminal breast cancer patient Cindi Davis could no longer keep up with her mortgage payments due to the cost of her medical bills. Faced with media scrutiny, her lender <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/wells-fargo-forecloses-cancer-patient-cindi-davis_n_1883956.html?1347635836" target="_hplink">Wells Fargo told a local radio station it was seeking "assistance"</a> for Davis just weeks before setting the date to auction her home for December 19th, 2012.

• Coca-Cola Heirs Lose $37.5 Million To Foreclosure

  Descendants of Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler have been hit hard by the housing bust with their <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/candler-family-foreclosure-losses_n_1890911.html?1347906436" target="_hplink">real estate development company losing $37.5 million to foreclosure since the Great Recession began</a>. (Pictured: the former mansion of Coca-Cola heir Asa Griggs "Buddy" Candler, Jr.)

• Mom Evicted On Mother's Day

  After she and her husband were allegedly duped into a bad loan, California mom Sheri Prizant faced the possibility of being evicted from her home on Mother's Day, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/sheri-prizant-eviction-mothers-day_n_1507681.html?1336741860" target="_hplink">MSNBC</a> reports.

• CT Family Never Missed A Payment

  Shock Baitch and his wife Lisa of Connecticut <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/bank-of-america-foreclosure_n_802861.html" target="_hplink">were threatened with foreclosure by Bank of America</a> after never missing a payment. BofA mistakenly told credit agencies they were seeking a loan modification. "Now I am literally and financially paying for it," Baitch told <a href="http://ctwatchdog.com/finance/bank-of-americas-christmas-present-foreclose-even-though-not-a-payment-missed" target="_hplink">CTWatchdog.com</a>.

• Man Gets Free Home After Lender Shutdown

  Facing foreclosure, Perry Laspina of Jacksonville, Florida ended up with a home practically for free after his mortgage lender was shut down by parent company Wells Fargo, <a href="http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2011/04/14/foreclosure-foul-up-wins-man-a-free-home/" target="_hplink">AOL Real Estate reports</a>. Laspina got the home "because of the significant decreased value of the property," a bank spokesman said.

• BofA Forecloses On Building With Own Branch Office

  In Boynton Beach, Florida, Bank of America filed a foreclosure lawsuit against the owner of a building that houses one of its own branches, <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2011/05/27/foreclosure-roundup.html?page=all" target="_hplink">South Florida Business Journal reports</a>.

• Threatened Over $0.00 Unpaid Mortgage Payment

  A Massachusetts man was told he'd <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/08/massachusetts-homeowner-receives-foreclosure_n_872518.html" target="_hplink">face foreclosure unless he paid an outstanding mortgage payment worth $0.00</a>. "I'm going to write a check to them for zero dollars and have it clear? I couldn't help but laugh," he joked with local <a href="http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/i_team/I-Team:Man-gets-a-$0-foreclosure-notice" target="_hplink">News 22 WWLP</a>.

• Home Allegedly Ransacked By Mortgage Company

  Chris Boudreau of Brooksville, Florida <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/06/florida-home-ransacked_n_890656.html" target="_hplink">told local news that his house was ransacked by his mortgage company</a>, 21st Mortgage Corporation, who he says even shredded his wife's wedding dress. "When she saw what happened...she was crying her eyes out," <a href="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/199268/8/Mans-home-trashed-by-mortgage-company" target="_hplink">he told WTSP 10 News</a>.

• Mortgage Payment Made Too Early

  A senior couple in Pasco County, Florida faced foreclosure not for missing payments, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/senior-florida-couple-faces-foreclosure-mortgage-early_n_933147.html" target="_hplink">but for making one too early</a>. According to a Bank of America representative, they made themselves ineligible for a mortgage modification under the Home Affordable Modification Program when they did not make their payment in the "month in which it [was] due."

• Foreclosure In 'World's Richest Apartment Building'

  Property developer Kent Swig and his soon-to-be ex-wife Elizabeth faced foreclosure from their apartment at 740 Park Avenue, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/26/foreclosure-hits-property-developer-billionaire-building_n_937676.html" target="_hplink">a New York City address often cited as "the world's richest apartment building."</a>

• Untransferred Title Leads To Unfair Foreclosure

  Brian and Khanklink Pyron of Houston, Texas were <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/10/brian-khanklink-pyron-foreclosure_n_1003339.html" target="_hplink">threatened with foreclosure despite keeping current on their payments due to an untransferred title</a>. "We did everything we were supposed to do," Brian Pyron told <a href="http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/110926-family-hit-by-surprise-foreclosure?CMP=201110_emailshare" target="_hplink">MyFoxHouston</a>.

• Foreclosure On Hurricane-Destroyed Home

  Brad Gana, of Seabrook, Texas was threatened with foreclosure by Bank of America even though his <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/31/foreclosure-crisis-bank-of-america-hurricane-ike_n_1068080.html" target="_hplink">house had been completely destroyed years earlier in Hurricane Ike</a>. "Bank of America is ruthless in their incompetency," <a href="http://www.click2houston.com/news/Bank-Forecloses-On-Home-Destroyed-By-Ike/-/1735978/4718190/-/vpooliz/-/index.html" target="_hplink">he told Houston 2 News</a>.

• $1 Coding Error Leads To Foreclosure

  Utah's Shantell Curtis and her family were threatened with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/bofa-foreclosure-missing-1-already-sold-home_n_1074538.html" target="_hplink">foreclosure by Bank of America on a home they had already sold years prior</a>. On top of that, the whole episode concerned the matter of just a $1 coding error.

• Investigative Journalist Becomes Foreclosure Victim

  George Knapp, chief investigative reporter for Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS, found he was a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/foreclosure-crisis-investigative-reporter-george-knapp-victims_n_1119480.html?ref=business" target="_hplink">victim of the very brand of foreclosure fraud he was investigating</a> for a news report. Him being the reporter, the episode put him in a "very weird spot," <a href="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/als-morning-meeting/153585/local-tv-station-tackles-mortgage-mess-as-investigative-reporter-discovers-hes-a-victim-too/" target="_hplink">he told the Poynter Insitute</a>.

• BofA Falsely Threatens Paralyzed Man With Foreclosure

  Robert Galanida, a 41-year-old man paralyzed from the shoulders down, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/bank-of-america-sends-false-statements-paralyzed-eviction_n_1202463.html" target="_hplink">battled Bank of America for nearly a decade</a> because it repeatedly sent him false statements threatening foreclosure.

• Tracy Morgan Refuses Mother Foreclosure Help

  In January 2012, actor Tracy Morgan reportedly refused to give his mother <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/tracy-morgan-foreclosure-mother_n_1244641.html" target="_hplink">$25,000 she needed to avoid foreclosure</a>, instead offering only $2,000.

• Bank Of America Plaza Foreclosure

  The Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta was sold at a foreclosure auction in February after its landlord, BentleyForbes, could no longer afford mortgage payments, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-14/american-foreclosure-bottoms-at-atlanta-tower-auction-mortgages.html" target="_hplink">BusinessWeek reports</a>. BofA <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/10/bank-of-america-plaza-foreclosure_n_1197040.html" target="_hplink">was a tenant in the building at the time</a> but had no other connection besides sharing the tower's ironic name.

• JPMorgan Tries To Foreclose On Civil Rights Activist

  Even while it promoted a February 2012 campaign to "fulfill" the "vision" of Martin Luther King Jr., <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/helen-bailey-foreclosure_n_1260078.html?ref=foreclosure-crisis" target="_hplink">JPMorgan Chase threatened 78-year-old civil rights activist Helen Bailey with foreclosure</a>. The bank ultimately allowed Bailey to stay in her home indefinitely after Occupy Nashville helped bring national attention to the issue, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/14/425255/helen-bailey-foreclosure/" target="_hplink">Think Progress</a> reports.

• Foreclosure At Luxury Retirement Home

  Despite being billed as "cosmopolitan living for ages 60+," the luxury <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/fox-hill-foreclosure_n_1314970.html" target="_hplink">Fox Hill Senior Condominiums was threatened with foreclosure</a> in March after its lenders said they were backing out.

• Man Fined For Not Mowing His Old Lawn

  David Englett was charged with fines by the city of Arlington, Texas for not mowing the lawn of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/02/david-englett_n_1317276.html" target="_hplink">a house he had already lost to foreclosure years earlier</a>.

• 101-Year-Old Woman Evicted From Home

  Texana Hollis was evicted from her home due to foreclosure in September 2011, then <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/22/texana-hollis-evicted-detroit-woman_n_1222452.html?ref=foreclosure-crisis" target="_hplink">denied a subsequent promise that she could move back in</a> by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It wasn't until April 2012 that <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57409700/texana-hollis-evicted-at-101-allowed-back-home/" target="_hplink">she was finally granted permission to return to the home</a> she's lived in for 60 years.

• BofA Forecloses On Woman After Telling Her To Miss Payments

  According to Pamela Flores, an Atlanta homeowner, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/bank-america-foreclosure-miss-mortgage-payment_n_1414988.html" target="_hplink">Bank of America advised her to stop making payments</a> on her loan in order to negotiate a modification. After doing so, the bank foreclosed on her anyway, claiming she'd missed a trial payment

• Mother, Disabled Daughter Forced Out Of Home Even After BofA Modification

  Dirma Rodriguez and her disabled daughter<a href="https://editorial.huffingtonpost.com/entry/?blog_id=2&entry_id=1423883" target="_hplink"> were forced to flee their home in minutes</a> after Bank of America sold it to a flipper at a foreclosure auction, even though the bank had already modified her loan. But not all hope is lost; Rodriguez may get her home back after the Occupy Fights Foreclosure movement intervened.

Comments

[dbrett480]

09:15 PM on 05/30/2012

I don't think an eviction at 3 am is entirely legal. As a law enforcement officer I can't arrest on certain warrants before 6 in the morning, so how can a non-criminal eviction at 3 be allowed?

[KarmaPatrol]

08:22 AM on 05/09/2012

With all the craziness going around (foreclosure personnel coming in like the Gestapo, law enforcement raiding the wrong address, and, of course, being offered a good job 2000 miles away), not real sure I want a lot of property, home or possession wise. Trade that coffee table in for an ottoman but either way, no naked pictures of myself or my girl just lying about. That's what the internet is for (and have your credit card number ready as you click our secure link ...)

[William1950]

12:31 AM on 05/05/2012

pictures technically cannot be naked... they can however portray images of naked people.. just sayin

[lofttypeofaview]

12:56 PM on 05/05/2012

Technical realism!

[mjdloc157]

08:00 PM on 05/04/2012

My uncle worked as a Sheriffs deputy, did alot od evictions ,loved using the taser or Winding" the perpatrador, (punching him in the gut knocking the "wind" out of him)

[lofttypeofaview]

12:57 PM on 05/05/2012

He belongs in jail!

[mjdloc157]

07:57 PM on 05/04/2012

I love those Tasers ,easy to conceal, gives a skell a good shock, better then good old pepper spray

[Tom S Lomax]

01:51 PM on 05/05/2012

You are a great example of why anonymous posting should be banned.

[Jen Celli]

03:04 PM on 05/04/2012

The story doesn't indicate that these people were evicted as renters or as delinquent borrowers. I got the impression that they were living in the units and were brutalized although they were not responsible for the foreclosure. Why can't we get clear reporting of the facts on this? To surmise that they were victims of the process and permitted back into the property to retrieve their property or settle a wrongful eviction allegation is what the reader must come away with. So again, where are the facts, please?

[cabinetmaniac]

05:04 PM on 05/04/2012

They were renters.

If you want more info then you have to follow the links.

☮

[Dr Scott]

12:56 PM on 05/04/2012

I just cannot possibly imagine how gut-wrenching it must be to be tossed out of your home. I daresay that I might resort to violence myself under similar circumstances.
Poor, poor people!

[DevonTexas]

10:37 AM on 05/04/2012

Did I miss something? Did the fourth Amendment get repealed? Aren't sheriff's deputies supposed to be doing this? Since when can bank hire goons to evict people?

[medicontheedge]

04:58 PM on 05/04/2012

Since banks have taken ownership of our politicians.

[zc91377]

01:51 AM on 05/05/2012

its only authorized in an election year and it has to be done in an emergency situation such as when an incumbant is floundering in the pols and the only real news is negative. then and only then is the release of manufactured, i meant important stories like this authorized.

[dadw5boys]

10:32 AM on 05/04/2012

Americans doing this to Americans for PROFITS !
Get your Disabled kid out before I taser her !

[Roxxi Raxx]

08:09 AM on 05/04/2012

Bailiff taser their junk!

[carburetor]

03:25 AM on 05/04/2012

BOA... the snake that ate the American dream.

[muckatuck]

02:58 AM on 05/04/2012

the remedy is for folks to start their own 'security firms' then barge in on wealthy bankers and their ilk for ridiculous reasons.

[TomMartin]

12:47 AM on 05/04/2012

It is not just homeowners who are getting evicted. Often innocent renters are evicted when the owner can't pay. That happened to me, I was renting an apartment in a duplex, paying rent on time, and apparently the owner got into a financial problem with his properties, so the duplex got foreclosed on and I had to leave. So I moved into a large apartment complex, hopefully they would not think of evicting all the many tenants if the owner gets a foreclosure.

[Sean Laney]

06:14 AM on 05/04/2012

http://www.scbar.org/public/files/docs/ptfa1.pdf

[TomMartin]

06:29 AM on 05/04/2012

Yes, I was aware of this change in law, and so I was able to stay in that apartment for 90 more days. But I sure wish the bank let me stay so the new owner would have a tenant already in that apartment, one would think that would have made the property more valuable. But unfortunately banks feel they are not in the business of running rental properties, so they prefer to evict tenants as soon as they can.

[Jen Celli]

03:09 PM on 05/04/2012

If the building goes into default, you can bet it will be the same experience. The new owner will seek to have the building immediately vacated as they have no rental agreements with the tenants and therefore have a liability for any accident or damage to the premises until such time as there are agreements and insurance in place to mitigate claims. You can bet the safety and comfort of the tenants is not their main concern.

[TomMartin]

03:58 PM on 05/04/2012

That would be terrible. I mean can't the bank inherit the rental agreements? Like when I was living in the duplex, when the first owners sold the duplex to new owners, the rental agreement was part of the sale. And likewise when the second owners sold it to new owners.
I would think that if the bank empties the whole complex with about 100 apartments, then they would have a hard time selling the buildings to new owners. I know they don't care about the comfort of tenants, but they want to make a big sale.

[taina2]

12:22 AM on 05/04/2012

While terrifying, it looks like a rewarding civil suit that could include punitive damages. They may settle out of court if this story proves true.

[DevonTexas]

10:42 AM on 05/04/2012

that's what the banks are "banking" on... that the people won't sue. It'll probably get picked up as a class action suit where the attnys get all the money and the evicted get nothing.

[mrgmorgan56]

12:16 AM on 05/04/2012

All of these cowards need to charged and put into jail...