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>>> COULD IT BE TRUE?
A HAUNTED HOUSE?
IT IS NOT THE GHOSTS THAT ARE
DRIVING THE NEIGHBORS CRAIG
STEVENS.
IT IS THE VANDALS AND THE
TRESPASSERS.
>> BRANCHES HERE MILLION DOLLAR
HOMES, FARMS AND THEN YOU HAVE
THIS PLACE.
CHECK IT OUT.
IT IS A REAL EYESORE UNLESS, OF
COURSE, YOU'RE A TEENAGER.
THEY LOVE IT.
WE CAUGHT TWO OF THEM IN THERE
JUST YESTERDAY.
>> I CAN'T REALLY BLAME AMIRA
ATTAR AND ORLANDO ANOTHERREN FOR
THEIR CURIOSITY.
THEY'RE TEENAGERS, AND WHILE
THIS IS A HAUNTED HOUSE, OR SO
IT SAYS.
>> THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE
JUST DROVE UP BY IT, AND NOBODY
WAS HERE.
WE WERE GOING TO GET OUT, BUT WE
DIDN'T BECAUSE THE DOGS NEXT
DOOR STARTED TO BARK, AND WE
FREAKED OUT.
>> THE SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL
SAID A BUNCH
OF THEIR FRIENDS
COME OUT HERE.
IT IS A KIDS' PARADISE OF SORTS.
ABANDONED WIDE OPEN MANSION THAT
SITS ON 20 OR SO ACRES.
>> COME HERE FOR FUN AND GIGGLES
AND TO LAUGH AND SCARY EACH
OTHER.
>> THE PLACE IS
ALSO SPOOKING
AREA RESIDENTS AND THE TOWN OF
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, BUT FOR A
DIFFERENT REASON.
THERE'S THE EYESORE, THE ISSUE
OF BEES.
>> IT IS A HUGE COLONY.
THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE HOUSE.
>> AND A BIGGER PROBLEM
OF
VANDALISM AND CRIME INSIDE THE
UNSAFE STRUCTURE.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO
CHASE OFF THE KIDS THAT ARE
DOING THE VANDALISM.
>> IT IS OVERGROWN, VACANT,
GUARDED, ALL THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS.
>> STAN MORRIS, THE CODE
ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR, SAID HE
HAD A LIEN ON THE PLACE FOR A
YEAR AND CHARGING THE OWNER $100
A DAY TO CLEANUP, AND IT IS
INVOLVED IN FORECLOSURE.
>> IT IS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION,
BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN DO TO SORT THROUGH
COMPLIANCE.
>> SORTING THROUGH THE P
APERWORK
AND GOING THROUGH THE
PROCEEDINGS COULD TAKE MONTHS.
MEANWHILE THIS HOUSE JUST SITS
HERE HAUNTING EVERYONE WHO LIVES
NEARBY.
AND BSO SAYS IT IS STARTING TO
SEE A LOT OF HOMES LIKE THIS ONE
SPROUTING UP ACROSS BROWARD
COUNTY, HOMES
GOING INTO
FORECLOSURE.
IT COULD HAPPEN IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE BEST
ADVICE, ACCORDING TO THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IS TO CALL
THEM ANY TIME YOU SEE ANYTHINGS
GOING ON IN THE PROPERTY SO YOUR