Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Man saws house in half in title dispute

A man who became fed up with friends who had agreed to build him a house was arrested in connection with threats made against the homebuilders and destruction of property, police said.

Rodney Rogers, 66, had made an agreement with his friends, the Bowers, to buy a house the Bowers were building after it was completed.



Rogers was living in the home while the final renovations were being made, and he said he agreed to pay the Bowers with cash. After the house was completed, however, the Bowers wouldn’t give him the title and would not tell him for how much they were going to sell it.

Rogers, who lost patience with the Bowers, according to his family, sawed the entire house, through siding, drywall and windows, in half.

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