Phoenix Man Facing Foreclosure Charged With Defrauding A Secured Creditor After Allegedly Being Nabbed Stripping His Home Prior To Sale

In Phoenix, Arizona, KPHO-TV Channel 5 reports:

• Police arrested a man [] on theft charges after officers caught him stripping items from his foreclosed home, authorities said. A resident of the neighborhood near Willis and Dobson roads flagged down a police officer to say Chandler resident Daniel Clark, 35, was "deconstructing" his foreclosed home, according to a news release from Chandler Police Department spokesman Detective David Ramer.

• Detectives from the financial crimes unit determined Clark was taking "various essential items" -- including two air conditioning units, a water heater, a water softener, interior doors, toilets, sinks, cabinetry, countertops and the garage door opener -- from his house before it was to be auctioned off in March, Ramer said.

• Clark was arrested on charges of defrauding a secure creditor and criminal damage, Ramer said.

Source: Police: Man Stole Sinks, Toilets, Cabinetry.

See Police: Man Stripped Foreclosed Home for a slideshow of Clark's alleged handiwork.