Chase ransacks house of man on his deathbed
Yet another example of Chase claiming someone is behind on their mortgage when they claim they have made all payments and are up-to-date.
SEATTLE — J.D. Butler was on his death bed when JP Morgan Chase invaded his home, according to his daughter, who said the intrusion left the waterfront home in shambles.
Celeste Butler says she couldn’t get any answers from Chase, so her only option was to sue.
“I’m praying and hoping that this never happens to anyone else again,” she said.
Butler says she took home video to document what happened to her father’s waterfront home, which was ransacked while he fought for his life in the hospital. Drawers were turned upside down, and a locked china cabinet was broken into.
“They took 17th-century paintings,” said Celeste.
Items that had been collected during a lifetime of service in the U.S. Navy were destroyed.
“When I left this house, everything was neat and clean in this room,” said Celeste.
Celeste’s attorney says Chase, J.D.’s mortgage company, is to blame.
“One of the terms in the mortgage papers is that the bank has the right to enter the property if it appears that the home is abandoned, so we believe that this event was orchestrated by the bank to allow the bank to initiate action against the Butler home,” said Chris Davis, Celeste’s attorney.
Chase says J.D. had fallen behind in payments. And if a loan is delinquent, Chase says it has the right to enter a house.
“We followed our policy to maintain a mortgaged property, especially during winter months when cold weather can damage property,” Chase said.
The contractor Chase hired left orange stickers where the plumbing had been winterized. The mortgage company insists the house was disorganized when it initially checked on it.
But Celeste insists the payments had been made, and the Port Angeles house was neat when she left it.
“And the bank told me the mortgage was current,” she said.
Bad bad Chase | admin December 11, 2010
