HOME SECURITY CAMERA CATCHES REALTOR BEHAVING SUSPICIOUSLY

His actions are questionable but may not constitute the fabric of burglary, Jeff, if his intent was to inspect the cabinetry. The cabinets above the refrigerator are hardest to reach in some cases for inspection. Thanks for your comments.

Looking for drugs over the refrigerator, Randy ? Sounds like BS. Wouldn't the medicine cabinet be the best place for a burglar looking for drugs ? Not the refrigerator cabinet !

And, BTW, the Realtor's name is clearly visible on the yard sign !

So much for channel 5's retention of confidentiality for the accused !

No kidding, Jeff ! If his intentions were dishonorable.

He could have been looking for his client, Betty, when he went to the window, not standing a watch so he could ransack the home.

Maybe he was looking for a pen. I've kept pens in the cabinets over the refrigerator so I'd have something to write with whenever I needed to leave a sticky post on the door or under a refrigerator magnet, Suzanne. I have to leave a note on the the refrigerator door now about a carpenter coming by tomorrow afternoon at 4pm to fix the triangular gable vents on the north and south sides of my home. If this blog entry stays up for a couple of days I'll pass the mention of the carpenters visit each time I scroll through the blog roll and won't need the post it sticky note.

He could have been looking for cockroaches. If there had been some he could have gotten a dish rag to wipe down the refrigerator top before his client got there.

Nobody knows. It's all speculation and speculation isn't worth very much without evidence, nor will speculation convince a judge and jury that he's guilty of burglarizing the home for drugs.

Did he discuss drugs with the client before arranging the showing ?

In any event, it's a hell of a lot of embarrassment for the guy.

Winston, the jury is out :-)

The "prescription party" is sinister, Synergy.

Whose responsible for stolen items during an open house, Patsy ?

Realtors have been convicted of burglary.

It'd be interesting to examine the records of the repective real estate commissions of each state to see how many realtors have been convicted of burglary, wrongly or righfully, based on the criminal background checks conducted by each real estate commission. Or any other crimes that cast pallor over their integrity.

I was falsely accused of burglary in 1987 when I stopped to look at a home in midtown Memphis that was for lease. It was blighted. 

The owner of the house was a doctor who had used the home to funnel mental health patients for half way house care and treatment from state mental health facilities and prisons.

The doctor, a local psychiatrist, was being investigated for medicare fraud after a hidden closet was discovered that hid copies of fraudulent billing documents that had been submitted to Medicare.

When I appeared in court the burglary III charge was dismissed and reduced to trespassing. The prosecuting attorney convinced the judge that I should have contacted the owner before stepping into the yard. I wasn't fined and didn't have to pay court costs. My attorney represented me probono. Later, the court clerks office reviewed the case and believed that I was harrassed by the police and should never have been charged. I was serving as Grand Jury Foreman for Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons during my visit with the court clerks office just a few years ago.

Here's another look at my case along with others:

http://davidsaks.8m.com/crimes/justice6.html

The house was trashed by vandals who broke in and set off a silent alarm before I got there.  The police pulled up behind my car seconds after I arrived and found a screwdriver in a trash heap, handcuffed me, threw me against the car, on the ground and scratched and bruised me, accused me of using the screwdriver to pry a door open and took me to jail. I was in jail for four hours before a court date was set. 

The doctor who owned the house was a paranoid who thought that I was part of an investigation team investigating him for fraudulent Medicare billing.

The same doctor died recently after his billing receptionist was caught, charged, convicted and sentenced to a lengthy prison term for fraudulent Medicare billing and embezzlement.

His colleague, another clinical psychiatrist, died shortly after the receptionist' conviction.

The lesson is that the owner should always be contacted before you put your foot in the yard.

Period !

I have questions about whether the realtor should be convicted of a crime or not, although his actions are questionable.

Agreed, Fred.

The allegation that he was looking for drugs pathetically lacks force or effectiveness.

The opening remark of the anchorwoman is that the homeowner, "accuses a real estate agent of entering her home and looking for drugs". And Channel 5's investigative reporter Dick Johnson says"...a licensed Realtor taking a very personal look at their belongings".

The homeowner should retain an attorney if a libel suit is pursued by the agent and his brokerage.

I'd research the libel laws as applied in the state and whether there are grounds for defamation of character if indescretion of the television station to keep the yard sign out of the news story is an issue, and that which includes the homeowner's allegations if they are inappropriate and without merit.

A homeowner could craftily and slyly stage a set-up on closed circuit or security cam if they were unhappy with the agent, wanted to kill the listing agreement and tarnish the reputation of the brokerage,agents and realtors, Todd.