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Craigslist house hoaxer arrested

by Trench on May 17th, 2007

Woman charged after Craigslist posting resulted in a house stripped:
Do you remember the story about the Tacoma house that was placed on craigslist with the ad that said you can remove anything you want? Originally they thought the landlord’s sister, who was recently evicted from the premises, was the one who took out the ad. They were close. It turns out it was the landlord’s niece.

Nichole Blackwell, 28, was charged with second-degree burglary, malicious mischief and criminal impersonation for allegedly posting an ad that read, “Moving out … House being demolished. Come and take whatever you want, nothing is off limits,” on the online classifieds Web site, according to charging documents from Pierce County Superior Court.

Police believe Blackwell disliked Raye and was particularly upset because Raye had recently evicted Blackwell’s mother from the house.

On March 24, Blackwell went with her mom to get some items from the home and returned home angry about how Raye was treating family members, so she posted the ad on Craigslist, according to court documents.

Yes, because the rational adult thing to do is invite an army of scavengers to the property for revenge. I’m surprised the word ‘trailer’ was never mentioned in any of the articles.

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