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Realtor Caught On Cam Stealing Prescription Drugs From Client's Home

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David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Tragic Captain Wayne Rowlett , but common.

Feb 06, 2015 02:41 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

No more a bad rap than shysters who misappropriate client funds, or quacks who commit Medicare fraud Troy Erickson 

Feb 06, 2015 02:43 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Part of the addiction Fred Cope in this sad, but common, case.

Feb 06, 2015 02:44 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

So right Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz The casino cams in Las Vegas tell that tale with alacrity.

Feb 06, 2015 02:46 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Maybe a Sunday school class, Debra Leisek instead of prison ?

Feb 06, 2015 02:47 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Annual drug testing perhaps, Gabe Sanders ? How that a woman as beautiful as she was could do this is heartbreaking.

Feb 06, 2015 02:49 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

No particular reason for the contest page Anna Hatridge other than to alert the community at-large to this tragedy.

Feb 06, 2015 02:51 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

The number 1 priority Pamela Seley, REALTOR®  before the open house should be:

Empty the Medicine Cabinet !

instead of pick up the toys...

I wonder if a homeowner could be held liable if a visiting teenager, with a potential buyer or client, was killed because of a drug overdose from the drugs he or she had stolen from an open house ?

Feb 06, 2015 02:58 PM
Pamela Seley
West Coast Realty Division - Murrieta, CA
Residential Real Estate Agent serving SW RivCo CA

David Saks that is a very good question! Could open a home seller to potential lawsuit. It's definitely a discussion to have with home sellers that they should lock up, or remove, prescription drugs. Former clients who have licensed firearms let me know that they would keep them locked away during showings; I didn't have to say anything. 

Feb 06, 2015 03:12 PM
Pamela Seley
West Coast Realty Division - Murrieta, CA
Residential Real Estate Agent serving SW RivCo CA

It would be a tragedy if a young person died from drugs they stole from an open house or home showing. 

Feb 06, 2015 03:20 PM
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

I dont think Sunday School is what she needs... but she needs to find a better path than she is on....too many people fall into this drug induced lifestyle... easy to get into it ...hard to get out of it... maybe being arrested will be the best thing that happens to her....

you do have a point about home owners leaving drugs available.... realtors arent the only ones who might open that medicene cabinet....or closet...like leaving keys in the car.... invitation for trouble.

Feb 06, 2015 03:57 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Lessons in moral turpitude instead of a jail cell are what I'm suggesting Debra Leisek 

Feb 06, 2015 09:07 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Clients should always be screened for potential dangers prior to an open house Pamela Seley, REALTOR® 

Feb 06, 2015 09:08 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Indeed, a terrible tragedy of they died or were injured, Pamela Seley, REALTOR® 

Feb 06, 2015 09:25 PM
Potranco Realty
Potranco Realty - San Antonio, TX
"Sold with Potranco Realty"

WOW! they certainly have the nerve and give the rest of us a bad wrap.

Feb 06, 2015 10:14 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

In time, Bob Ratliff, Broker Associate - REALTOR® 512-587-5689 I subscribe to the opinion that she'll be held accountable for her own transgressions.

It's no more fair to punish the Realtor nation for the actions of a single member than it would be to carry out a plan to target an entire religious denomination because someone of a particular faith had stolen a bible or hymnal from the church during services at their place of worship.

Thanks, Bob.

Feb 06, 2015 10:25 PM
Jill Moog
Coast & Country Homes and Estates, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
Carlsbad, CA Homes for Sale

Obviously she has a serious problem. The video makes it seem like this is a wide spread problem but I don't think it is, or at least I hope it isn't.

I always tell homeowners to remove everything before allowing people into their home. That said, I feel if someone commits theft and hurts themself, it should be on them.

Feb 07, 2015 01:58 AM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

You'd be seriously surprised to discover how common it really is Jill Moog 

I agree with you. An agent, or anyone visiting the home, should leave the premises with whatever they came with. Thanks.

Feb 07, 2015 09:54 PM
John G. Johnston
John G. Johnston & Associates, LLC - Westcliffe, CO
An Exclusive Buyer's Agent ~ Westcliffe, CO

I encourage people to hide valuables if they are listing their homes.  No reason for thiefs to be able to scan listing pics for their next target.

Feb 09, 2015 10:27 AM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Great advice John G. Johnston 

Thanks.

Feb 09, 2015 02:08 PM
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