Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Edward Luke Chappel, 45, of Atlanta, was arrested yesterday after allegedly persuading a locksmith to change the locks on a rental house that he claimed to have purchased.
At about 5:12 p.m. on August 18, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a home near the intersection of SW 17th Avenue and SW 91st Street, ,found a small U-Haul in the driveway and spoke to Chappel, who reportedly said he had just bought the property and that his realtor had just left after letting him in. Chappel reportedly showed deputies a Vacant Land Contract from a real estate brokerage that showed he had purchased the property on July 28…