Cops "Foreclosure Evict" Right Family From Wrong Home

In Imperial, Missouri, the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis reports:

• The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is working to put a family they wrongly evicted back into their home. Ron and Sandy Page of Imperial came home Thursday to find all their belongings covered in tarps on their front lawn. Capt. Ralph Brown of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the Pages had once owned the home deputies were supposed to go to, which was on the same road. "We had the right people, but the wrong address," he said. "They owned the property, but it went back to the bank. The bank wanted possession of the house."

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• When the sheriff's office realized the mistake, they worked quickly to get the Pages back into their home. "We hired a mover, put them up in a hotel, hired a cleaning crew and even bought them dinner," [Brown] said. Sandy Page said things were still "a little bit of a mess," but was satisfied the sheriff's office was doing everything possible to make amends.

For more, see Deputies carry out eviction order at wrong house.