A woman was arrested for theft after allegedly selling a $1,800 washer and dryer set from the home where she was squatting.
A deputy responded to a home on Southeast 103rd Avenue in Summerfield regarding a washer and dryer stolen by 40-year-old Candice Meshelle Mackey at 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
The owner explained that she had gone to the residence a couple of months ago and realized Mackey had been squatting there. Her nephew, who was paying rent at the home, invited Mackey to stay with him without permission. Despite being ordered from the house in December, she still had not left and was served a notice to vacate by March 31, the report said.
However, the owner got a call from a neighbor advising that Mackey had sold the $1,800 Frigidaire washer and dryer that belonged in the residence to another neighbor. The buyer later told law enforcement that his washer and dryer stopped working, so when he noticed Mackey moving out, he bought what he thought was hers for $150. Once he found out the set did not belong to her, he tried to return it and get his money back without success, the report said…