A demolition company has mistakenly torn down a three-bedroom home in North Texas—rather than the condemned building next-door. David Underwood and his wife placed their Fort Worth house on the market with the intention of moving into the retreat they purchased near the shores of Lake Worth. But when… …read more
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The city of Fort Worth is investigating how demolition crews erroneously razed the wrong house.
MyFoxDFW.com reports that a three bedroom, ranch-style family homenear Lake Worth reservoir was accidentally demolished by city crews on Friday.
The vacant home belonged to a relative of David Underwood,who told the station he was recently driving by the lot when his wife noticed that home wasn’t there.
“We looked up there and sure enough, it’s gone,” Underwood said.
Underwood said there were personal items inside the demolished home, including antiques. The home had been in his family for decades.
An unidentified neighbor told MyFoxDFW.com that a nearby home was set to be demolished since January.The neighbor reportedly tried to alert city officials when crews began tearing down the wrong house.
The city of Fort Worth on Monday confirmed the accidental demolition in a statement to the station.
“On July 12, 2013, contractors demolished the wrong property on Watercress Drive. The property to be demolished should have been 9708 Watercress Dr. The property that was demolished was a vacant structure located at 9716 Watercress Drive,” read the statement from the city’s code compliance office.
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Haiti‘s National Palace says it has accepted the resignation of an employee who admitted to stealing nearly $30,000 from a Florida bank where he worked as a teller.
The departure of Karl Jean-Jeune comes after The Palm Beach Post reported this week that the aide to first lady Sophia Martelly was working for her even though he had a criminal record.
Jean-Jeune could not be reached on his cellphone Friday night.
On Wednesday he declined to comment on the newspaper story. “I have no comment on the issue as you can imagine,” he said. “I have nothing to say whatsoever.”
The newspaper cited a police report that said Jean-Jeune admitted to sheriff’s deputies and bank executives that he stole $28,700 through cash exchanges while working at a Washington Mutual branch in Lake Worth, Florida.
The alleged theft happened when a bank employee said she suspected that Jean-Jeune had embezzled $28,700 that he had posted between May and August 2007. He stole the money from the bank with envelopes full of cash that ranged between $700 and $5,000, the newspaper said.
The newspaper said the Florida Department of Corrections lists Jean-Jeune as being on the run from a six-year probation sentence he was supposed to serve.
A judge ordered Jean-Jeune to repay the bank, the newspaper said. His probation could be terminated after 18 months if he repaid the full amount of money he admitted to stealing, the report said.