[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Karron

The picture is just a reminder to those that think this guy operated outside of the Villages because he was caught on Rolling Acres Rd........

Right on target. I thought we were discouraged from posting any negativity with regard to life in THE VILLAGES?
Go figure, right??? Here I went and deleted all my negativity re all the sex offenders, etc.

Good post Karron.

[Yung Dum]

I wonder who they sell to in the area? Obviously, none of the groups in front of me playing golf have ever taken "speed".[/QUOTE]
Now that's funny!
I think I posted this wrong. Better check the instructions.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

A recurring problem in 55 and over retirement communities which allow it is the return of "problem" adult children to reside with their folks. Some of these adult children are just out of drug rehabs or convicted felons out of prison and commit the crimes themselves. Others invite in criminals who commit crimes in these communities. This happened a few years ago, the first murder in The Villages. Villages killer is youngest inmate on Florida's death row - Orlando Sentinel

Many meth labs around the country are found in rented homes. "Cookers" might find a locale such as The Villages, which has its share of absentee landlords and is relatively remote from well equipped urban law enforcement, ideal. It is important to observe and monitor what is happening in one's neighborhood and report any suspicious activity.

Thanks for supplying the above hyperlink. Well, that's a shocker.
Wonder if realtors have to divulge to a potential home buyer that a murder has been committed in a certain home......such as the one in THE VILLAGE OF SPRINGDALE????

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by asianthree

how do you put a meth lab in a car...thinking it must be a van but the smell would be horrific...and the heat to cook the meth is even more scary...thanks for the post GG keep us posted..

Don't you remember the first season or so of BREAKING BAD when Walter White and Jesse were "cooking" in a camper type vehicle? Out in the desert.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Don't you remember the first season or so of BREAKING BAD when Walter White and Jesse were "cooking" in a camper type vehicle? Out in the desert.

A few years ago I went to a continuing education class for real estate brokers in Albuquerque, NM - coincidentally Breaking Bad country. The instructor told us to take a can a spray starch and spray it on walls as we went through a house. The starch turning purple would indicate the presence of Meth. I do not know if this is true, but...http://www.forensic-applications.com...cognition.html
http://realestate.msn.com/how-to-avo...g-a-meth-house

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

A few years ago I went to a continuing education class for real estate brokers in Albuquerque, NM - coincidentally Breaking Bad country. The instructor told us to take a can a spray starch and spray it on walls as we went through a house. The starch turning purple would indicate the presence of Meth. I do not know if this is true, but...

That's a good hint. I would imagine it would be necessary in the cities, etc. but even probably in the "burbs".....

I have read that families who unknowingly move into former "meth" homes (with their young children) are truly entering a danger zone without realizing it......as the residue of the chemicals can trigger health problems in the young......

Also, in the cities, in apartment dwellings.......children who live in a totally different apartment than where the meth is being produced....can be at risk.

I'm still wondering if a realtor has to divulge a "murder" which occurred in a home that one is interested in buying?????????? Not just a death.
But......a murder.

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

That's a good hint. I would imagine it would be necessary in the cities, etc. but even probably in the "burbs".....

I have read that families who unknowingly move into former "meth" homes (with their young children) are truly entering a danger zone without realizing it......as the residue of the chemicals can trigger health problems in the young......

Also, in the cities, in apartment dwellings.......children who live in a totally different apartment than where the meth is being produced....can be at risk.

I'm still wondering if a realtor has to divulge a "murder" which occurred in a home that one is interested in buying?????????? Not just a death.
But......a murder.

Such a disclosure is likely to vary by state. However, if a prospective buyer asks specific questions regarding murders, suicides, molestations, etc., the realtor must disclose prior knowledge regardless of state laws that mandate seller disclosures.

[buggyone]

That murder took place in 2008. It was not a random killing.

Can anyone think of any other violent crime in The Villages since 2008? The only other one I know of was in 2009 which was a domestic violence with shooting. Anyone else?

[DougB]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

That's a good hint. I would imagine it would be necessary in the cities, etc. but even probably in the "burbs".....

I have read that families who unknowingly move into former "meth" homes (with their young children) are truly entering a danger zone without realizing it......as the residue of the chemicals can trigger health problems in the young......

Also, in the cities, in apartment dwellings.......children who live in a totally different apartment than where the meth is being produced....can be at risk.

I'm still wondering if a realtor has to divulge a "murder" which occurred in a home that one is interested in buying?????????? Not just a death.
But......a murder.

They have murders and meth labs in Vermont, why not ask your local realtor?

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by buggyone

That murder took place in 2008. It was not a random killing.

Can anyone think of any other violent crime in The Villages since 2008? The only other one I know of was in 2009 which was a domestic violence with shooting. Anyone else?

Not "in The Villages" but right near it in Summerfield??
A group of five or more teens, beginning age 15, 16, 17, 18, etc.
lured another teen to a home where they killed him....
Cut his body up into pieces......burned him in a fire pit/barbecue pit;
disposed of the body parts in pails/containers, etc.

That's pretty gruesome.

The first killer, now 20...a female...was just sentenced to life I think.
The rest will be having individual trials soon.......

I first read of it after it happened.........in the Ocala paper.
I recently read of the first trial.....in the Orlando Sentinel.

Summerfield is very close. Isn't that where Stonecrest is? Or Spruce Creek? One of them connects to The Villages.

These teens drive in cars nowadays.........no problem for them to go where they please........such as to Brownwood as another poster states.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by buggyone

That murder took place in 2008. It was not a random killing.

Can anyone think of any other violent crime in The Villages since 2008? The only other one I know of was in 2009 which was a domestic violence with shooting. Anyone else?

6 Arrested In Slaying Of 15-Year-Old Boy | News - Home

This was the original newspaper article. 2011. It's close to The Villages.

The other day I read about the first trial and first sentence of a female, now 20 years of age.

I just read the entire article YET AGAIN (HYPERLINK ABOVE)........hard to even imagine; keep scrolling down.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

6 Arrested In Slaying Of 15-Year-Old Boy | News - Home

This was the original newspaper article. 2011. It's close to The Villages.

The other day I read about the first trial and first sentence of a female, now 20 years of age.

I just read the entire article YET AGAIN (HYPERLINK ABOVE)........hard to even imagine; keep scrolling down.

I did not say close to The Villages! I said in The Villages.

You would be hard pressed to find a community of similar size that is any safer than The Villages.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by DougB

They have murders and meth labs in Vermont, why not ask your local realtor?

I meant for some unsuspecting retiree coming to Florida and purchasing a home.......where these lowlifes think they are going to cook meth.

There was another home in TV where they were making it in the attic of an elderly woman......or some room in her house. The attics are not that big.

If you check back, you will notice that it was not I who initiated this thread on meth labs.

Our Vermont drug problems are among the youth up to 30 somethings.
Not retirement age or 58 year olds who live with their mothers in a retirement community.......and possibly mow your lawns.

On another thread, it is the "youth" being rude in the new square of Brownwood that is worrisome to some people.....not the senior citizens running around alarming folks.

Murders are rare in Vermont. The last horrendous ones I can remember are the 14 year old Brooke Bennett case up in Randolph . She was "lured" by her pedophile uncle (a habitual offender in that realm) to come to a party at his place........he assaulted and strangled her and buried her body in a shallow grave.

He just copped a plea deal for life without parole. A sordid "family" story.

The other one was a snow removal guy and his gal pal who asked a respected young teacher to come and help them out, using the ruse that their car had broken down.............she drove to the spot, with her young toddler in the car.........the rest is history. She is dead. They are dragging out their potential trial. She trusted the wrong person; someone who had shoveled her driveway of snow.

Again, it was not I who initiated this negative thread.

If truth be told, we wouldn't live in the area where these young addicts are from (in our town)........of course, there is no stopping where they might decide to do their mischief.....such as breaking and entering to steal money, possessions, jewelry, etc in order to "fund" their drug habit.

All residents are unhappy with this situation in our town, but the cops are doing a great job in rounding them up and booking them.

Addiction is a serious problem in all of the United States. It's an honest wondering to "wonder" if one is buying a meth home or a home where a murder has been committed. The residue of drugs in a home can affect one's health.

All states' laws are different................so my asking any one of our realtor friends or neighbors wouldn't help answer the question about disclosure in your area of TV, correct?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

6 Arrested In Slaying Of 15-Year-Old Boy | News - Home

This was the original newspaper article. 2011. It's close to The Villages.

The other day I read about the first trial and first sentence of a female, now 20 years of age.

I just read the entire article YET AGAIN (HYPERLINK ABOVE)........hard to even imagine; keep scrolling down.

Ocala is in another city, Senior. What you must consider is that moving to almost any state other than Vermont will give you MORE population. And unfortunately more crime.

The Villages is still one of the safest places to live in this country.

[tucson]

Originally Posted by buggyone

That murder took place in 2008. It was not a random killing.

Can anyone think of any other violent crime in The Villages since 2008? The only other one I know of was in 2009 which was a domestic violence with shooting. Anyone else?

Are you talking about the murder of a Villager husband who was killed by their live-in adult daughter's druggie boyfriend? It was on the Orlando 6p News at the time.