The man who owned the house next door rented it out to four non related people who each had their own bedroom but shared a bath. One day my four year old son was riding a big wheels down our driveway and he was stung by a wasp. I noticed that there was a very large wasp nest on the porch in front of his house by my driveway and mentioned it to him the next time he was there picking up the rent. When I told him the story he said not my problem keep your kid in the house and you won’t have a problem. Yes I was pissed but I was more pissed when I mentioned it to one of his renters an elderly lady of about 75 she said that he hadn’t put oil in the tank in weeks and that her room was cold every night. She said the paint was peeling in her room and that the sink they all used kept backing up. She also asked me if I noticed that the 80 year old gentleman who lived in one of the other rooms was gone. I had noticed that I had not seen him for a few weeks. He was always nice and would sit on the porch and sometimes come over when my son and I were out just to talk. Well apparently he had passed away and this bastard made an agreement with the man’s nephew who I had never met who was supposed to be talking care of him to not let anyone know he died. The plan was for the nephew to cash his social security checks as if the poor man was still alive and they would split the money. So long as they kept the address going and kept signing the mans name to the check they were in the money. What bastards.

First I called the town and told them that the man next door was renting to elderly people and leaving them without heat and that the living conditions he left them in were deplorable. Then I contacted the Social Security office and told them although I didn’t know the mans last name or when he died but it had been at least two months back . I did know his address and his first name. I told them about the scam the nephew and the owner of the house were pulling. They said they would look into it.

Now I wish I could tell you that both those gentlemen got what they deserve. What I can tell you is that two weeks later a man around his 30’s was moving stuff out of the house. I went over and asked who he was as I knew he didn’t live there. He said oh I’m Georges nephew my uncle passed and I’m getting his stuff. So I do know the scam was over anyway. A month after that the house was on the market and Miss Susan the elderly lady from upstairs said when she called her son and told him about what was going on at the house he said she could come live with him. Apparently she had never mentioned to him about the heat and the paint because she didn’t want him to worry. She was really excited about moving in with her son and I was excited she was going to be taken care of.

I don’t regret turning them in at all. If what comes around goes around there is a nice place in hell for both of them. Preying on the elderly is just disgusting.