The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.
Nearly five months after federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) raided a Norwood building used by gang members at 3267 Decatur Avenue, and almost two months after federal prosecutors announced the seizure of the building through the courts, much to the relief of block residents, workers were later seen sealing the two-story home at the end of March.
One month later, on April 30, the home was broken into and not for the first time. Meanwhile, a law firm has said in reference to a planned public foreclosure auction or sale of the property, that once a judgment of foreclosure and sale is received, the property could be sold to a 3rd party purchaser…