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An accused sex offender who fled his Perry County home Oct. 15 was arrested Saturday in Arizona.Clair James Smith, 56, of Bailey Run Mobile Home Park, Miller Township, was in Navajo County Jail Saturday after Holbrook, Ariz., police who were on the lookout for him spotted his black Ford Explorer."It wasn't an accidental traffic stop. They saw this vehicle," Perry County District Attorney Charles "Chad" Chenot III said Saturday afternoon.Holbrook police stopped Smith at 7 a.m. Mountain Standard Time and took him into custody without incident, Pennsylvania State Police at Newport reportSmith had a handgun, four boxes of ammunition and a large amount of cash with him, police say."Authorities in Holbrook had been contacted by our state police," Chenot said. "State police have been tracking him.
This week's top items in CoStar Lead Street report on federal regulators' concerns about KB Home, Rite Aid and AmSouth Bancorporation and what impact that oversight could have on financing and property plans. We also look at Dunkin' Brands plans to stick to a diet of donuts and ice cream; Hanesbrands plans to cut its space needs for panties and underwear and an assortment of other news. More Homebuilder Troubles KB Home in Los Angeles said it has received a letter purporting to be a notice of default under the indenture related to its 6-1/4% senior notes due 2015. The letter asserts that KB Home is in default under the indenture because of a delay in filing its quarterly report with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its third quarter ended Aug. 31, 2006. The report was due earlier this month.
A quarter of all housing in Immokalee is considered substandard. Sloping floors, broken windows and leaking roofs are common in many rental units. It won't get fixed overnight. So say Collier County and state officials who spent this summer weeding out some of the worst units before farmworkers flood the eastern Collier County town for the harvest season. Elected leaders hoped to remove the housing stock while units were empty. County commissioners set aside $75,000 to hire four more state health inspectors in May. State inspectors shut down nearly 500 beds in about 240 units in Immokalee, including a longtime flophouse, from July through September. Code enforcement efforts led to 25 structures being demolished, county officials said. “I think we can make a difference and do it well but it needs to be steady and ongoing," said Nancy Frees, head of the health department in Immokalee who has been working in the town 25 years.
A group of men accused of scamming mobile home owners across San Antonio are in some big legal trouble. The Attorney General says Andrew and Edward Huizar and David Barroso were unlicensed by the State when they sold consumers used mobile homes. The men are accused of fraud by issuing bad titles and leaving consumers with debts for unpaid taxes and other liens. Court documents show the men used the business names A&E Investments, Sweet Homes, Harper Enterprises and Dilley Mobile Homes. The Attorney General just hit the Huizars and Barroso with a court-ordered legal injunction. It freezes their bank accounts and shuts down their allegedly illegal business practices. In a statement about the temporary injunction, Attorney General Abbott said, "This will deprive them of any further ability to take hard-earned money from innocent consumers dreaming of home ownership." Abbott is asking the Manufactured Home Division to issue clear titles to all of Huizar and Barroso's alleged victims.
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