House stolen

Cory Doctorow 12:23 pm Tue Jun 21, 2011

A man in Dundee, Ontario had his double-wide portable house ripped off:

It did not take long for police to find the home, as it was located only 10 kilometers north of police headquarters on a plot of land in Proton Station, Ont.

The property owner initially produced documents proving the home was his – although these were later found to be fraudulent.

The Southgate man has been charged with theft over $5,000.

Police find Brampton man's stolen house

(via Lowering the Bar)

(Image: double wide trailer, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from pinkmoose's photostream)

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