Would you want this to happen to you?

[Grayfox]

A US woman has been charged after she allegedly broke into a family's home — and cleaned it.

Police say Sue Warren, who owns a cleaning service, broke into the Cleveland, Ohio, home washed the dishes, took out the rubbish and vacuumed before leaving a handwritten bill for her services, the Associated Press reports.

The bill, for $75, included Warren's address and phone number.

None of the family's belongings were stolen.

The home's owner, Sherry Bush, said she when she saw the bill she called the cleaner, assuming she had made a mistake, TV network WKYC reports.

"I said, what happened, did you get the wrong house? She said, 'No, I do this all the time.' I said, What do you mean? She said, 'I just stop and clean your house,'" Ms Bush said.

Warren has been charged with burglary and is also facing charges of criminally trespassing into a house in the nearby suburb of Beachwood.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8476904/us-woman-broke-into-then-cleaned-home

 

[Strittan]

Yes and no. I'm very lazy when it comes to cleaning, but at the same time I wouldn't want a stranger to break into my home.

 

[Grayfox]

I started to laugh loudly when I read "I do this all the time"

 

[GTsail]

....Warren has been charged with burglary and is also facing charges of criminally trespassing into a house in the nearby suburb of Beachwood.

The house cleaning is certainly trespassing, so the charge for that makes sense.

Burglary? Why?

For "taking" the rubbish?

or for the "theft" of some soap?

I wonder what the sentance will be. Perhaps 30 days of "Community Service". Must visit various houses in the neighborhood and make them dirtier than before.

GTsail

 

[Grayfox]

Well if she said, I did do the wrong house, sorry.
She may have gotten off scot free.

 

[Touring Mars]

What a nerve expecting to get paid for something that the people didn't want or ask for - and what a cheek charging $75 too! Stupid cow.

 

[Sam48]

It's reverse burglarization.

My reaction would probably be the same regardless of whether they actually burglarized my house or cleaned it.
Point in case: "How the heck did they steal the fridge!" "How the heck did they get the fridge so clean"

 

[Danoff]

This actually is a form of robbery.

It's like the homeless guys with the squeegee who wash your window when you don't want them to and expect you to give them $5 for it. The only reason they do it is because people actually pay them to. She "does this all the time" because people don't press charges and actually pay her (entirely out of guilt and sympathy).

I can't stand it when I see someone give a homeless guy on the side of the street money. People will do what you pay them to. Pay the guy to sit on the street and he will. If you want to give money to homeless people, send it in an envelope to a homeless shelter. That's better for everyone involved. Homeless people don't want to be sitting on the side of the road baking in the sun or getting drenched in the rain or freezing in the cold. They do it because they know YOU value it. You're the one who pays them to do it.

 

[Tornado]

The house cleaning is certainly trespassing, so the charge for that makes sense.

Burglary? Why?

Because you don't have to steal anything for it to be burglary. You just have to illegally enter with the intent of committing any crime (in this case, criminal trespass).

 

[GTsail]

Because you don't have to steal anything for it to be burglary. You just have to illegally enter with the intent of committing any crime (in this case, criminal trespass).

You could be correct. I'm not an expert in Ohio law, so I'm not entirely sure. My reading of the Ohio statue was that for the burglary charge, there must be a second offense (or the intent to commit a second offense), and the 2nd offense must be a felony.

Ie: the Trespass charge is for the "trespass"

and the Burglary charge is for "trespass with a 2nd offense" (usually theft).

Its my understanding that the second offense has to be for something other than the "trespass".

Perhaps the second offense is "fraud", similar to Danoff's squeegee guys: providing an un-requested service, and then fraudulently implying that the service was requested.

Anyway, its a pretty unusual way of obtaining new business. Its pretty funny as long as its not my house!

Respectfully,
GTsail

 

[Tornado]

Looking it over, I'm not sure. I would have assumed that criminal trespass combined with B&E would be what made it burglary in this case, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Ohio law. So the intent to commit fraud bit might be the reason.

 

[oopssorryy]

*facepalm. Why does this crap happen is Ohio? I wouldn't mind getting my house cleaned but I would be ticked that my house got broken into. I need to buy me some deadbolts.

 

[Keef]

Did she enter another person's house without that person's permission? Yes. Therefore, she should be charged with breaking and entering. Beyond that, she attempted to charge the homeowner for her services which is akin to burglary, as Danoff said.

 

[Antonisbob]

Not really, regardless, I wouldn't pay someone to clean my house.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Did she enter another person's house without that person's permission? Yes. Therefore, she should be charged with breaking and entering. Beyond that, she attempted to charge the homeowner for her services which is akin to burglary, as Danoff said.

This and nothing else. Pretty brash and extremely stupid.

 

[Roger the Horse]

This is terrifying. Houses are supposed to be filthy.

 

[Grayfox]

I would not like this to happen to me because I like my sty, I know where all my things are.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

I would flip out and she would feel lucky I wasn't in my house at the time of her cleaning spree. The worst part is, she basically came in and vaccuumed, did the dishes and did a quick tidy up...then expected them to pay her $75?! I know a couple of house cleaners and none of them charge anything close to that.

I also question the daughter, who home alone, didn't hear any of this going on? If I'm asleep, alone at home, and I hear the vaccuum going, I'd be wondering who's in my house. Lets face it, its not often Dad comes home and starts doing house work...he couldn't even wash all the mugs he had on the counter before he left.