Another house ransacked from Craigslist ad

Subject: Another house ransacked from Craigslist ad Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:50 pm

Most folks recall the story about the Tacoma, Wash., house that was trashed after a woman posted an ad on Craigslist telling people to "please help yourself to anything on the property."

Well, some mischief maker in Jacksonville, Ore., apparently decided to re-enact the Tacoma house-trashing scheme. According to this Associated Press story, Robert Salisbury came home to nearly 30 people rummaging through his barn and front porch. Not only that, when he told the trespassers to give him back his belongings, he was rebuffed.

"I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back," Salisbury told the AP. "They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did."

The Craigslist post advertised all of Salisbury's stuff--even his horse--as free for the taking. The woman who showed up to take his horse finally started to feel uneasy about the whole deal when she realized that the horse looked perfectly healthy, and well, seemed to actually belong to someone. She left a note on the door and then decided to call Salisbury to make sure that the ad was legit.

What's shocking is that of the dozens of people who pilfered his property, she was the only one to catch wind of the scheme. Come on, people.

By the time the police showed up, the plunderers had already crammed their cars full of Salisbury's stuff and taken off.

Investigators are still trying to track down the person who posted the ad--and it could likely be someone Salisbury knows. The Tacoma incident, after all, was fueled by a family feud.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9903018-7.html?tag=newsmap

A gun would have come in handy...

Subject: Craigslist hoaxers arrested after house looted Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:35 pm

Craigslist hoaxers arrested after house looted

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Arrested ... Amber and Brandon Herbert.

The perpetrators of a hoax online classified ad that led to a man's house being looted as he watched helplessly have been tracked down and arrested.

Police say the incident, far from a malicious joke, stemmed from an attempt by two thieves to cover their tracks from an earlier robbery.

Robert Salisbury, from Oregon, came home on March 22 to find about 30 strangers ransacking his house, after married couple Brandon and Amber Herbert posted an ad on Craigslist saying Salisbury had to leave town and no longer needed his belongings.

Much of what Salisbury, an independent contractor, owned, including his horse, was taken.

When he tried to stop the free-for-all "they showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did", Salisbury said at the time.

Trucks left loaded up with all manner of items including his furniture, work ladders, lawn mower, weed whacker and even a swing that hung on his front porch.

Licence plate numbers Salisbury gave to police helped track down some of the items but thousands of dollars worth of goods are still missing.

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Another house ransacked from Craigslist ad

Another house ransacked from Craigslist ad

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