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Jonesboro Family Returns From Vacation, Finds Belongings On Lawn

Thursday, July 17, 2008 – updated: 6:31 pm EDT July 17, 2008

A Jonesboro family said they are distraught after neighbors raided their belongings when the home they were renting was foreclosed upon without them knowing. The family returned from vacation and found everything they owned on the lawn.

“I received a call from a neighbor when I was coming up the road saying the items of my house had been put out on the lawn,” said Bridget Harris. “It was embarrassing. My things were here for six hours. I came home, and children were riding my kids’ bicycles. They even took food from the property.”

Harris said she’s been left with only scraps after her neighbors sifted through and stole her belongings while she was on vacation with her family.

  • SLIDESHOW: Family's Belongings Thrown On Lawn

  • Harris and her roommate were renting a house on Marsh Glen Drive in Jonesboro when it was foreclosed upon without their knowledge.

    “I’m very distraught right now. I work, I provide for my children and I’m a single parent. This is horrific. This is not due to my negligence; this is due to the courts or whatever is going on with my landlord,” said Harris.

    VIDEO: Jonesboro Family Finds Belongings On Lawn

    Harris said she paid her rent on time and she can prove it with the receipt she kept. She’s been living in the home since January. She is the mother of three boys ages 13, 12 and 9.

    Channel 2 talked with the man who owns the property, Brian Brown, and he said he will provide another home for Harris and replace the family's belongings.

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