Post by sometimeman on Aug 13, 2008 19:55:26 GMT -4
LAMAR WANTS YOUR PROPERTY
Foreclosure Of 88-Year-Old Leads to Police Standoff
POSTED: 8:35 am EDT August 13, 2008
UPDATED: 9:57 am EDT August 13, 2008
[NEWSVINE: Foreclosure Of 88-Year-Old Leads to Police Standoff] [
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Authorities said a son held Bergen County sheriff's officers at gunpoint as they tried to evict his 88-year-old mother from her foreclosed home.
Officials said John Brennan threatened two officers with a .22-caliber handgun.
Officers talked to the 60-year-old, who surrendered after about five minutes when a SWAT team arrived Tuesday.
Beatrice Brennan had refinanced her two-bedroom, $250,000 home and had fallen behind on payments. The house was sold at a sheriff's auction in May.
Real estate agent Donovan Stewart told The Record of Bergen County he's "never had anything like this happen before.
Foreclosure Of 88-Year-Old Leads to Police Standoff
POSTED: 8:35 am EDT August 13, 2008
UPDATED: 9:57 am EDT August 13, 2008
[NEWSVINE: Foreclosure Of 88-Year-Old Leads to Police Standoff] [
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Authorities said a son held Bergen County sheriff's officers at gunpoint as they tried to evict his 88-year-old mother from her foreclosed home.
Officials said John Brennan threatened two officers with a .22-caliber handgun.
Officers talked to the 60-year-old, who surrendered after about five minutes when a SWAT team arrived Tuesday.
Beatrice Brennan had refinanced her two-bedroom, $250,000 home and had fallen behind on payments. The house was sold at a sheriff's auction in May.
Real estate agent Donovan Stewart told The Record of Bergen County he's "never had anything like this happen before.