I had to read this two or three times to see if the arrested man's claim "Everything that occurred with this house was lawful" was really the case. In my opinion, the above statement is not correct, given just the facts as presented in the story.

The follow on questions for the BP community is 'What would you do if you were in exactly the same position as this guy?' and 'What would you do differently?' I'll save my commentary for later.

I'd also be curious to know how many BPers have been in the same (or similar) position WRT legal authorities.

Story credit (name removed): http://www.wral.com/man-charged-with-breaking-into-foreclosed-wake-forest-home-he-bought/13729867/