Cops: Fla. Man Hijacked Possession Of F'closed Home & Used It As Rooming House; Pocketed Rent From At Least 5 People, Stole Water, Electrical Service

In Palm Springs, Florida, The Palm Beach Post reports:

• A 47-year-old Air Force veteran faced a judge [...], after being arrested for allegedly stealing utilities and for "acting as the proprietor" of a foreclosed home in the Village of Palm Springs.
• Glenn Garlington Dewey, whose last known address was in Palm Springs, was taken into custody after a Palm Springs Public Safety investigator determined Dewey had been collecting $600 in rent from at least five people, who were living in the spare rooms of 2903 Appalachee Road, according to the arrest report.
• That house, however, was determined to have been foreclosed on in 2010. The investigator also discovered that the last owner of the house, who now lives in Texas, was Cobb Scott - not Dewey, the report stated.
• The investigator noted in the report that Dewey had also replaced the house's water and electrical meters with that of a neighboring home in foreclosure.

For the story, see Palm Springs man charged with bilking renters with foreclosed home.