In late June I gave Patricia Johnson a check for $1000 to move into an apartment she owned on August 1st. When I gave her the check, she told me that the renovations would be complete and that there would be a regular sized refrigerator.
On August 1st, the apartment was not ready and Patricia told me there would not be a refrigerator in the apartment afterall. I asked for my money back.
Patricia gave me a check back for $1000 but put a stop payment on it before it went through my account. So I was charged a bad check fee.
I brought Patricia to court and the judge ordered her to pay me only $300.
Patricia never paid me the $300 and did not show up for court for the payment hearing scheduled 30 days later.
My only option at that point was to file a capias, which would have cost me money, and in South Boston, MA I could not find someone to serve it.
This woman got away with $1000 of my money to renovate her apartment building. No one ever moved into the apartment. Her son still squats in it when he is home from school.
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