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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Graig Graziosi

Man in Ohio accidentally buys entire street - and has trouble giving it back

A view of Bloomfield Court in Trenton, Ohio. A man purchased the entire street at a sheriff’s sale for $5,000, but claims Trenton is trying to take the street via eminent domain without paying him for the full value of the land. - (Google Maps)

An Ohio man is fighting to keep the street he accidentally bought, claiming the city is trying to take it back by force and won’t return his calls.

Jason Fauntleroy wanted to build himself a home on a lot in Trenton — which is just north of Cincinnati and southeast of Dayton — so purchased what he believed to be a plot of land for $5,000 from a Butler County Sheriff’s Office auction in 2021.

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