Ohio Family's Home Mistaken for Foreclosed Property Across the Street [View all]

[HarveyDarkey]

Katie Barnett, of McArthur, Ohio, said her home was mistaken for a foreclosed home across the street and a bank mistakenly cleared many of her family's belongings. (WBNS)

A woman in McArthur, Ohio, about 70 miles south of Columbus, said a bank mistakenly cleared items from her home, confusing it for a foreclosed house across the street, then demanded receipts when she asked to be compensated for her missing possessions.

Katie Barnett, 36, a nurse, said her family had left for about two weeks last month and returned to find the locks on their home had changed and many of their belongings had been taken.

"We called the cops and they said they thought it was a squatter," she said.

Two dressers and clothing for her five children were taken, as well as items from outside their home, including pool cleaning supplies and patio furniture, she said.

Weeks later, she said, police told her that a bank representative had contacted them, saying someone was living in a foreclosed home: the Barnett's one-story, three-bedroom home.

"Obviously I wanted to find out what bank it was. I was mad about the whole situation," said Barnett.

She later learned First National Bank in Wellston, of which she is not a customer, had mistaken her home for a bank-owned property across the street.

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