So now we need to scrape the shipping labels off boxes before we put them in the trash??? !!! ??? How STUPID! EVERY usmail or fedex or ups box that's EVER been thrown away still has the label on it. EVERY ONE OF THEM!
Welcome to Chicago, home of one of the most corrupt mayors in the country. Do you expect the city government to be any better when the cameras aren't on them?
What sad is that they actually had to get the press involved to actually get the governmentals attention, elsewise the city we just say pay it or we're going to take your home
I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
@@kellidinit3725- Exactly right. And these women probably have to pay for all of their household maintenance (landscaping, painting, repairs, etc.). And a lot of younger people have child care expenses. And just paying the $200 fine is cheaper than hiring an attorney.
Someone in the City Government wants to put a lien on this property, so that they--or one of their developer friends--can snap up this property, and they figures a couple little old ladies wouldn't try to fight this fraudulent ticket...
Bingo!!!! I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
200 dollar ticket seems like an odd way to work that plan. How they going to get the property with a ticket. Even if they did not pay it the city could not take and than auction a property in any none short time frame, Do you think they have the power of a HOA?
@@kevinconrad6156 They do it by not stopping at one ticket, they keep getting the property owner in trouble with city ordinance until the city takes possession of the home then the buyer/developers pays a fraction of what the property is worth to the city so the house can be brought up to code and resold. Scummy housing developers use this tactic a lot. There was a case similar to this one about 10 years ago in Indiana but that developer bought an entire 80 home trailer park/small home park for a very small fraction of what it was worth.
This is not trash pickers re-dumping garbage picks, this is a tactic that greedy developers use on lower income homes that should have higher value. Developers will hire people to destroy their own communities just so they can swoop in and buy up entire neighborhoods for a fraction of what they are worth usually to put up apartments and duplexes. 10 to 1 those that run the city already know the developer behind this.
That reminds me of a realtor who participated in a backlash against a black couple moving into an all white neighborhood in Levittown, PA. The realtor made more money by getting the white residents to sell their home and to buy a new one somewhere else.
My mom turned 90 today. Sadly, I’m sick at home instead of at the party for her! Definitely don’t want to risk getting her sick. I hope she outlives me!
Part of the city's ongoing improvement is enforcement of homeowner upkeep laws, notice that the "blight" they show at 0:51 is someone needs to rake their leaves lol Most of Detroit looks normal like that, not as flashy as downtown or as cruddy as the remaining outer neighborhoods that need cleanup
Yeah don't drink the water we sell you, but we will fine you for that which you have no control over. Sounds like a bunch of DEI hires. MI after all. De'Toilet.
This is one reason I remove shipping labels from everything that goes in my recycling and trash... you never know where that stuff can end up. I started doing this after two incidents. One was when I found a truck load of debris dumped in the woods... it had the county clerk's name and home address on it. He hired someone to haul it from his home to the dump. The other was when I found a bunch of debris from a ceramic tile job dumped on the side of the road... It indicated it came from a local tile company. Well, the materials did come from them. They identified who they sold it to by what was dumped. It was dumped by a contractor that was hired by a home owner.
Wow, thanks for this. We are getting ready to hire a local person to come haul a bunch of stuff away, I'll be taking a better look at what we put in there.
How can you be found guilty and fined for something that there is no evidence that you did? Just because it is labeled with your name, doesn't mean that you were involved. They should have to prove that you did it before punishing people.
Exactly, there is no proof whatsoever that Lowe's ladies had anything to do with those boxes being dumped there. Of course whenever they can government extracts money out of people for anything whatsoever.
@Helladamnleet Wrong. My son went through a red light, but I got the ticket because the car was in my name. However, I was not driving, nor was I even in the car. Yes, there was a spot on the ticket where I could say who was driving, my son signed it, and he got the ticket and paid it. But, what if it hadn't been my son? What if the guy I lent the car to refused to take responsibility? I'm on the hook for the ticket. Why should I be when I wasn't driving? You can say that I shouldn't have lent him the car, but that doesn't change the fact that I wasn't driving. It's just another Big Brother tactic used for control.
I can't believe they put this much effort in for 200.00 dollars but they have a hell of a time catching thieves and when they do they're out on bail reform freaking amazing
They put forth the effort so they could steal her home. It’s common with developers. The city should have protected her, not tried to profit off the kickback. It’s horrible.
A Politician doing physical work LOL if that started to happen the world would be a much better place. I asked someone in my town hall a question about sewer upgrades that were going on , I got an Evil eye for making them think it's just a small Michigan town these people don't know what work is.
Wouldn't have taken much more than contact with the suspects to add context. The distance from the address, alone, should've tipped off "investigators".
This literally happened to my grandmother years ago....she actually hired someone to remove and dispose of Avon order boxes...but, unfortunately all the person did was throw them in an empty field....she was fined but it was dropped the city was very helpful in her case
I once was moving and had a lot of excess trash. I lived in the country, and the trash company offered an extra trash pick up for an extra fee. I contracted for that service, put my trash out and moved on trash pick up day. The trash was still there when I left. About a week or more later a cop calls me and says that he found a large amount of my trash miles away from my old house, and he wanted to know my explanation. I told him my story and said that I could show him my bill for the extra trash pick up on the day that I moved, and give him my new address showing that it would have been miles out of my way to dump the trash from the route I traveled to get to my new home. Besides that, I was moving and needed to get my stuff in our new home, and didn't have time to be running around dumping trash that I had already contracted to be hauled away by my trash company. He said it had magzines with my name on it, and so I was responsible, and if I didn't come pick it up he was going to give me a ticket. I told him that I was not responsible for someone stealing my trash and dumping it on the side of the road. He still claimed he would give me a ticket. I told him to go ahead and that I would make a fool of him in court. Never heard from him again. I did find out that he scared my wife, so she and our small children went and picked the trash up . I definitely wouldn't have, even though I hate litter and frequently pick up trash everywhere I go and throw it away. If he hadn't threatened me I probably would have volunteered to pick the trash up, but I hate bullies as much as litter, so I let my temper rule that day.
So he must have called your house more than once. When he couldn't intimidate you, he got hold of your wife. And as he anticipated, he was able to intimidate HER into going and picking up the trash. This is a regular occurrence with women. We are often bullied because we are perceived as easy. And because we have good reason to fear consequences, we cave. Only to make room for the next bully.
@@ryanparkhurst5718 Most likely caved in to the LE pressure. Gone and picked up the trash. I rationalize that by telling myself better to error on the side of caution than let the situation escalate. That's just me, though.
Evidently the law enforcement just issue the violation and never interview the suspects. Cool police work! I hate it that it takes media to solve these simple matters.
I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
@@Amanwalksn2abar I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
Consideration???Really? Just drop the charges/pull the fine notice!! God bless these ladies, the home looks great!Peace,love and blessings from Baltimore!
I was hit with a blight charge living in northeast with my elderly mother, I'm disabled and the people across street said my house needed paint cause they just painted their house , I know some city officials and got it taken care of , charges dropped + free paint job ! Thanks neighbor from hell 😆
Still the government sjould have to establish that the individuals actually committed the crime before issuing a fine. A person must be considered innocent until proven guilty? They should amend the process and go after the theives?
suggestiing they get "consideration" given that they probably didn't dump the trash across town. That's not j"backtracking-that's being a little less of an @ss-just a little
@@jim.h That would have been the smart thing to say, but in these times, you don't have to be smart to be in positions of authority. All you have to do is check off the proper politically correct boxes.
My knee-jerk reaction was that the city or county wanted to claim eminent domain of the home especially after mentioning other empty properties nearby but this seems more like a porch pirate situation and illegal dumping fine due to theives since it was found miles away. Glad it seems to be resolved but seems issuing a citation without first asking questions is part of the problem.
Both mother and daughter look great for their age. God bless them! Glad this situation was resolved. Seems like these two are part of what's right in Detroit.
So, let's question those city employees how many cases of illegal dumping they've encountered whereupon the guilty party leaves their address labels all over the debris. Notice the fee for the city issuing that fine is $30.00 so the cost to them would actually be $ 230,00.
Obie: "We found your name on an envelope under a half a ton of garbage." Arlo: "Yes sir, Officer Obie. I put that envelope under that half a ton of garbage." - Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"
Glad they got it worked out. People were dumping trash in my alley a while back with addresses in it. We called it into the Mayor's inaction office and they basically said "so what, just throw it away."
Issuing a citation without investigation is cheaper and easier than actually speaking to the homeowners about it FIRST, That probably would have prevented this embarrassment at the start. Besides, the police should be aware porch pirates are running amuck.
So, if a thug steals an Amazon package off your porch and dumps the empty box miles away, you can be charged by the police for the box dumping and in addition you are without the product that you paid for. America is a 🚽🕳.
It took TOO MUCH COMMON SENSE for Government Officials to figure this out without your help! This is idiotic and ridiculous! My thoughts "are the beautiful ladies aware those packages were missing"? The thieves are NEIGHBORS! People who reside in the surrounding community!!!! *CONTRACTORS in the area PLEASE help them with camera's and contect a mail center to hold packages for them!* They are not aware of options...
Doing a great job? Maybe the great job would have been to visit the ladies and talk to them about it before writing the ticket. They might have told the investigators that, yeah we haven’t received a bunch of packages.
At least some in the city administration did come to their senses. Think about how many news items we have seen in the past year where cities would just ignore what the person was saying.
Forget the city! Thank YOU News media for having a way for normal people to contact you for help and for taking the case❤ if the home owners went to the city or police for help nothing would have been accomplished.
I got pulled over once for missing stickers on my plates. The officer called it in and my plate numbers came back to a completely different vehicle that had been stolen, so he realized someone swapped my plates. I got a letter a few weeks later saying they found "my car" in a ditch... the stolen car that wasn't mine at all. A surprisingly low amount of effort is put into basic investigation.
This is really poor investigatory work. Just because a label with a name on it is found among the refuse doesn't mean the person supposedly identified is responsible for the dumping. That's insanely stupid.
The city should be thanking them for keeping their home so nice
AGREE!! Their home is LOVELY!!!
By accepting their explanation without evidence to the contrary. They are.
@@peach495 Common sense prevailed!
They did…. The fine was only $200 instead of much more
So now we need to scrape the shipping labels off boxes before we put them in the trash??? !!! ??? How STUPID! EVERY usmail or fedex or ups box that's EVER been thrown away still has the label on it. EVERY ONE OF THEM!
This lady’s 97 and she’s ticketed instead of being offered some help? What a messed up society.
Yep
Welcome to Chicago, home of one of the most corrupt mayors in the country. Do you expect the city government to be any better when the cameras aren't on them?
That's because there's something else at play, like someone wanting that beautifully maintained home for themselves at far less than market rate.
@@MomMom4Cubs FACTS!!! Can you say Lahaina?
Thank you 🙏
you're supposed to do your investigation BEFORE you fine someone
Welcome to America, where anybody can be a chameleon and be describe themselves as walmart bags
Guilty until proven innocent, joke
no, the system is working exactly the way it is supposed to.
@@env0x not really. It's lazy investigating.
What sad is that they actually had to get the press involved to actually get the governmentals attention, elsewise the city we just say pay it or we're going to take your home
Especially because most people cannot afford attorneys to fight this crap.
I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
He did free detective work, that's pretty nice
@@kellidinit3725- Exactly right. And these women probably have to pay for all of their household maintenance (landscaping, painting, repairs, etc.). And a lot of younger people have child care expenses. And just paying the $200 fine is cheaper than hiring an attorney.
Probably someone is already filing a Lien!
Someone in the City Government wants to put a lien on this property, so that they--or one of their developer friends--can snap up this property, and they figures a couple little old ladies wouldn't try to fight this fraudulent ticket...
Bingo!!!! I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
That's the first thing I thought when I saw how nice the home looked. Somebody wants this house!
200 dollar ticket seems like an odd way to work that plan. How they going to get the property with a ticket. Even if they did not pay it the city could not take and than auction a property in any none short time frame, Do you think they have the power of a HOA?
@@kevinconrad6156 They do it by not stopping at one ticket, they keep getting the property owner in trouble with city ordinance until the city takes possession of the home then the buyer/developers pays a fraction of what the property is worth to the city so the house can be brought up to code and resold. Scummy housing developers use this tactic a lot. There was a case similar to this one about 10 years ago in Indiana but that developer bought an entire 80 home trailer park/small home park for a very small fraction of what it was worth.
@@kevinconrad6156it could be just the start, wouldn't be the first time 😢
all the murders in detroit ?? charge and harass two old women ?? sounds about right...
Their house is beautiful 😍 For being 97 she still knows what is going on 😘 Keep up the good work ladies, you have a wonderful neighborhood 🥰
The neighborhood looks nice too. Almost European, it could be an upscale street here in the Netherlands 🙂
"See if consideration is an option"? How about the DA's office moves for dismissal?
It's a fine, not a criminal matter.
while the same DA won't prosecute real criminals.
They're simply following the example of the mayor.
This is not trash pickers re-dumping garbage picks, this is a tactic that greedy developers use on lower income homes that should have higher value. Developers will hire people to destroy their own communities just so they can swoop in and buy up entire neighborhoods for a fraction of what they are worth usually to put up apartments and duplexes. 10 to 1 those that run the city already know the developer behind this.
That reminds me of a realtor who participated in a backlash against a black couple moving into an all white neighborhood in Levittown, PA. The realtor made more money by getting the white residents to sell their home and to buy a new one somewhere else.
Detroit is kickback city
Come on man, this is Detroit. What developer wants to build there?
@@jacksongunner7122 To make it a 15 minute city or to make you a renter forever.. Pick your reason they are the same in the end.
Um, isn't that what's going on in San Francisco and New York !!!!! Ruin the property, left abandoned and sold for pennies on the dollar !!! 😡
97 years young. I hope they get justice.
My mom turned 90 today. Sadly, I’m sick at home instead of at the party for her! Definitely don’t want to risk getting her sick. I hope she outlives me!
97 years *old*
Spin it anyway ya want but she’s old…..
A blight violation in Detroit has to be a comedy sketch, right?
Part of the city's ongoing improvement is enforcement of homeowner upkeep laws, notice that the "blight" they show at 0:51 is someone needs to rake their leaves lol
Most of Detroit looks normal like that, not as flashy as downtown or as cruddy as the remaining outer neighborhoods that need cleanup
half the city is a blight
Yeah don't drink the water we sell you, but we will fine you for that which you have no control over. Sounds like a bunch of DEI hires. MI after all. De'Toilet.
they should give the mayor a blight violation
The whole city is a blight, so the entire city is in violation
This is one reason I remove shipping labels from everything that goes in my recycling and trash... you never know where that stuff can end up. I started doing this after two incidents. One was when I found a truck load of debris dumped in the woods... it had the county clerk's name and home address on it. He hired someone to haul it from his home to the dump. The other was when I found a bunch of debris from a ceramic tile job dumped on the side of the road... It indicated it came from a local tile company. Well, the materials did come from them. They identified who they sold it to by what was dumped. It was dumped by a contractor that was hired by a home owner.
Wow, thanks for this. We are getting ready to hire a local person to come haul a bunch of stuff away, I'll be taking a better look at what we put in there.
Great advice. My mom is the same way.
How can you be found guilty and fined for something that there is no evidence that you did? Just because it is labeled with your name, doesn't mean that you were involved. They should have to prove that you did it before punishing people.
Just like traffic tickets via camera, nothing needs to be proven. They don't even have to prove that you were driving.
Exactly, there is no proof whatsoever that Lowe's ladies had anything to do with those boxes being dumped there. Of course whenever they can government extracts money out of people for anything whatsoever.
I believe society has changed to guilty until proven innocent…
Look at everything else that has become backwards in the last decade.
@@jimroscovius This is false. Most jurisdictions allow you to finger whoever was driving at the time
@Helladamnleet Wrong. My son went through a red light, but I got the ticket because the car was in my name. However, I was not driving, nor was I even in the car. Yes, there was a spot on the ticket where I could say who was driving, my son signed it, and he got the ticket and paid it.
But, what if it hadn't been my son? What if the guy I lent the car to refused to take responsibility? I'm on the hook for the ticket. Why should I be when I wasn't driving? You can say that I shouldn't have lent him the car, but that doesn't change the fact that I wasn't driving.
It's just another Big Brother tactic used for control.
Thank you for helping this family! I highly doubt either of these ladies had anything to do with the illegal dumping of trash.
Why would someone dump garbage with their address on it. Lazy investigation for sure.
Have you never heard Alice’s Restaurant
hilarious, best comment yet.....with the circles and arrows@@dw6506
They are idiots is why, and they do it everyday in America.
There are some incredibly dumb people running loose in the world. Not much surprises me any more.
I absolutely love your comment!
Their home looks very lovely and well maintained. Clearly, they take pride in their property. Hope they are able to get this fine removed.
Their home looks as neat as a pin. This is like SWATTING by the city...SHAME.
Mom looks great for 97. She doesn't look a day over 80.
I was thinking the same thing
I remember when I was a kid, and a 65-year-old looked ancient. Now 97 looks like 50.
This is crazy this is what democrats do in these cities they prey on who is left paying taxes. Sick
How about 72
More aware than some 80 yr olds…
the bureaucracy is a greater danger than the crime
It's all about the money.
It is dystopian almost.
I can't believe they put this much effort in for 200.00 dollars but they have a hell of a time catching thieves and when they do they're out on bail reform freaking amazing
Right!
They put forth the effort so they could steal her home. It’s common with developers. The city should have protected her, not tried to profit off the kickback. It’s horrible.
The investigators did not investigate enough.... Retrain them...
Agreed. It's probably a high seniority job, with a pre bankruptcy attitude. The City should waive the ticket.
Exactly. They have let murder suspects go with more substantial evidence.
A Politician doing physical work LOL if that started to happen the world would be a much better place. I asked someone in my town hall a question about sewer upgrades that were going on , I got an Evil eye for making them think it's just a small Michigan town these people don't know what work is.
Wouldn't have taken much more than contact with the suspects to add context. The distance from the address, alone, should've tipped off "investigators".
When I hear Detroit and Blight in the same sentence this isn't what I think of.
I was thinking blight on crops and trees😂😂😂....
Beautiful intelligent lady also with a nice looking home❤️🙏🏽
This literally happened to my grandmother years ago....she actually hired someone to remove and dispose of Avon order boxes...but, unfortunately all the person did was throw them in an empty field....she was fined but it was dropped the city was very helpful in her case
Thank you for helping these ladies.
I once was moving and had a lot of excess trash. I lived in the country, and the trash company offered an extra trash pick up for an extra fee. I contracted for that service, put my trash out and moved on trash pick up day.
The trash was still there when I left.
About a week or more later a cop calls me and says that he found a large amount of my trash miles away from my old house, and he wanted to know my explanation.
I told him my story and said that I could show him my bill for the extra trash pick up on the day that I moved, and give him my new address showing that it would have been miles out of my way to dump the trash from the route I traveled to get to my new home. Besides that, I was moving and needed to get my stuff in our new home, and didn't have time to be running around dumping trash that I had already contracted to be hauled away by my trash company.
He said it had magzines with my name on it, and so I was responsible, and if I didn't come pick it up he was going to give me a ticket.
I told him that I was not responsible for someone stealing my trash and dumping it on the side of the road. He still claimed he would give me a ticket. I told him to go ahead and that I would make a fool of him in court.
Never heard from him again. I did find out that he scared my wife, so she and our small children went and picked the trash up . I definitely wouldn't have, even though I hate litter and frequently pick up trash everywhere I go and throw it away.
If he hadn't threatened me I probably would have volunteered to pick the trash up, but I hate bullies as much as litter, so I let my temper rule that day.
So he must have called your house more than once. When he couldn't intimidate you, he got hold of your wife. And as he anticipated, he was able to intimidate HER into going and picking up the trash. This is a regular occurrence with women. We are often bullied because we are perceived as easy. And because we have good reason to fear consequences, we cave. Only to make room for the next bully.
@@wintergarden7539what would you have done in that scenario?
@@ryanparkhurst5718 Most likely caved in to the LE pressure. Gone and picked up the trash. I rationalize that by telling myself better to error on the side of caution than let the situation escalate. That's just me, though.
Evidently the law enforcement just issue the violation and never interview the suspects. Cool police work!
I hate it that it takes media to solve these simple matters.
Pretty sure nobody would illegally dump with their name and address available.
I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
Go listen to Arlo Guthrie's ballad "Alice's Restaurant"
OMG! The worst unscrupluous thieves...to try to steal this womans home.
Who was trying to “steal” their home? 🤔
@@Amanwalksn2abar I would be willing to bet money that a home development group is behind this. This is a known tactic they use to buy whole neighborhoods for a fraction of the price.
Thoughtless people with badges- trying so hard to be authorities, and failing.
Consideration???Really? Just drop the charges/pull the fine notice!!
God bless these ladies, the home looks great!Peace,love and blessings from Baltimore!
Our Government is in a sad state of affairs. Wow
I was hit with a blight charge living in northeast with my elderly mother, I'm disabled and the people across street said my house needed paint cause they just painted their house , I know some city officials and got it taken care of , charges dropped + free paint job ! Thanks neighbor from hell 😆
The city is finding ways to fine elderly that are helpless!
Still the government sjould have to establish that the individuals actually committed the crime before issuing a fine. A person must be considered innocent until proven guilty? They should amend the process and go after the theives?
When you get a ticket, there's a court date attached to it. You can either pay it or show up to fight it. Due process still takes place.
@@stormwooten1606 how does that boot taste.
Guilty until proven innocent, again! Does anyone do their job correctly anymore?
So not only do they get ripped off, they then get fined for being ripped off.
Oh it's not just a fine of $200. It's a fine of $200 and a fee of $30.
Bureaucracy….little people with big jobs pushing little people around
Their home is beautiful and immaculate.
Man, that was some serious backtracking by the fancy uniform. That was professional grade backtracking!
suggestiing they get "consideration" given that they probably didn't dump the trash across town. That's not j"backtracking-that's being a little less of an @ss-just a little
@@pmclaughlin4111 Basically, backtracking but with a touch of humility.
The fancy uniform lady should have just said that they were going to void the ticket.
@@jim.h That would have been the smart thing to say, but in these times, you don't have to be smart to be in positions of authority.
All you have to do is check off the proper politically correct boxes.
The city of detroit needs to be sued for the rest of the city looking like a junk yard ghetto.
Beautiful home! They deserve a beautification award!
My knee-jerk reaction was that the city or county wanted to claim eminent domain of the home especially after mentioning other empty properties nearby but this seems more like a porch pirate situation and illegal dumping fine due to theives since it was found miles away. Glad it seems to be resolved but seems issuing a citation without first asking questions is part of the problem.
They got a ticket and didn't get what they ordered from QVC. Smh.
People please make sure you take your names off of boxes. I always take off my name for reasons of stolen identity.
We also remove the address label from boxes for that reason, and then the flattened boxes go to the end of the driveway on recycling day.
Both mother and daughter look great for their age. God bless them! Glad this situation was resolved. Seems like these two are part of what's right in Detroit.
So, let's question those city employees how many cases of illegal dumping they've encountered whereupon the guilty party leaves their address labels all over the debris. Notice the fee for the city issuing that fine is $30.00 so the cost to them would actually be $ 230,00.
Thank you for investigative journalism.
I said, "Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope under that garbage."
They got caught trying to pull a fast one on these lady's and got caught red handed making up thier own laws.
There should be stringent laws against senior citizens harrassment
Don’t pay it. And stop paying local taxes. You are being ripped off
Obie: "We found your name on an envelope under a half a ton of garbage."
Arlo: "Yes sir, Officer Obie. I put that envelope under that half a ton of garbage."
- Arlo Guthrie, "Alice's Restaurant"
Classic!
Glad they got it worked out. People were dumping trash in my alley a while back with addresses in it. We called it into the Mayor's inaction office and they basically said "so what, just throw it away."
Someone wants their home
Thank y'all for helping them out ! God bless you
So these poor women were basically being robbed twice!
Thank you for helping.
Prayers to the Woods family!🙏
Bless their hearts…. Praying for this to be resolved in their favor.
Issuing a citation without investigation is cheaper and easier than actually speaking to the homeowners about it FIRST, That probably would have prevented this embarrassment at the start. Besides, the police should be aware porch pirates are running amuck.
So, if a thug steals an Amazon package off your porch and dumps the empty box miles away, you can be charged by the police for the box dumping and in addition you are without the product that you paid for. America is a 🚽🕳.
The city wants their house…….
I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t some type of real estate scam.
Major question: 97 where??? 👀 They look like sisters. 👯♀️
It took TOO MUCH COMMON SENSE for Government Officials to figure this out without your help! This is idiotic and ridiculous!
My thoughts "are the beautiful ladies aware those packages were missing"? The thieves are NEIGHBORS! People who reside in the surrounding community!!!!
*CONTRACTORS in the area PLEASE help them with camera's and contect a mail center to hold packages for them!*
They are not aware of options...
To be honest even the spot that the boxes have been dumped look better than a lot of streets and properties in Detroit.
Corruption isn’t a reason on its own. There’s always a reason for corruption. Find out who benefits from harassing these clearly innocent citizens.
Out of all the houses they are worried about hers? The city's roads themselves are blight. The whole city is blight.
The elites taking advantage of regular people is bad enough, but going after the elderly is just sick.
If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.- Exodus 22:2🙏🏼
Thank you for helping them
The whole city is one big blight.
So not only did their packages get stolen, but they got hit with littering. Talk about double whammy.
How about do this BEFORE hitting folks with tickets…?! City of Detroit play too damn much. Not to be taken seriously…
This is stupid. What a slap in the face to this 97 year old person who works hard to keep this property so beautiful
Doing a great job? Maybe the great job would have been to visit the ladies and talk to them about it before writing the ticket. They might have told the investigators that, yeah we haven’t received a bunch of packages.
Amazing job. I love that this helped the two ladies. Great outcome. 🙋🏻♀️❤️🙏🏽
about those porch thieves ...............catch any lately
Why don’t they give the ticket to the address where the trash was found? Anybody can use an old box that somebody already got rid of or was stolen.
At least some in the city administration did come to their senses. Think about how many news items we have seen in the past year where cities would just ignore what the person was saying.
Only because the news media got involved!
God Bless them woman ,love and hugs to them both
Consideration?
Thank you for your good work.
This is wrong
Putting my mail somewhere doesn’t mean I am the one who put it there …
detroit city shady
Forget the city! Thank YOU News media for having a way for normal people to contact you for help and for taking the case❤ if the home owners went to the city or police for help nothing would have been accomplished.
But if they ticket a 30 year old homeowner, that guy would be just out of luck?
That’s what I was thinking! Younger, healthier people would get robbed twice: first by the porch pirates, and then by the city.
I got pulled over once for missing stickers on my plates. The officer called it in and my plate numbers came back to a completely different vehicle that had been stolen, so he realized someone swapped my plates. I got a letter a few weeks later saying they found "my car" in a ditch... the stolen car that wasn't mine at all. A surprisingly low amount of effort is put into basic investigation.
why BLM so silent?
Very good work by the news team. I m also impressed the city could understand the issues
Black don't crack Baby..❤😂..
😮😮 this is one reason why I will always rip off the shipping labels off of every package I ever get in the mail before I throw the box away.
they had their stuff stolen off the porch from all their massive qvc shopping and never even missed the items
Oh so you know the family and know that they didn't miss anything? No? Then eat my farts.
Not likely. They probably reported it to qvc as missing. It happens all the time.
Blight violation in Detroit?! Please. Detroit is the city of blight.
She looks amazing for 97! She looks gorgeous for someone half her age! Kudos to her for standing up for herself and not just paying the fine.
This is really poor investigatory work. Just because a label with a name on it is found among the refuse doesn't mean the person supposedly identified is responsible for the dumping. That's insanely stupid.