Another Foreclosing Lender Screw-Up Leads To Winterizing The Wrong Home Mistakenly Believed To Be In Foreclosure

In Northlake, Illinois, the Franklin Park Herald Journal reports:

• A homeowner stopped by her house on the 100 block of South Caryl the afternoon of April 1. She found pry marks on the door, some interior damage and a sign in the window that said the house had been winterized and not to turn on the electricity, heater or pump.

• "She was a bit confused by this," said police Cmdr. Ken Beres. She contacted the company listed on the sign, which had been hired by a bank to winterize a foreclosed house. While the women's house is unoccupied, it is not in foreclosure. According to Northlake city records, a house with the same address on North Caryl is in foreclosure. The company said it would come back and fix the house.

Source: Northlake Police Department Police Blotter.