Date: 01/19/2024 – By Jessica Gertler, WREG Investigators
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Your home could be stolen without you even knowing it.
It’s a terrifying thought we are hearing about more and more in Shelby County. And it’s not easy, or cheap, to get your home back.
“Anyone can walk into this office and file a claim against your property, and you may not even know. That’s the scary part for me,” Shelby County Register of Deeds Willie Brooks said.
In Parkway Village, a home purchased by truck driver Archie Foster remained in his name until he turned 89 years old. But someone hired to care for him allegedly took Foster’s home out of his name with a quit claim deed.
Foster was in a nursing home in Memphis when his brother in Oklahoma contacted an attorney here, saying he believed someone was taking advantage of his brother.
Gary Jewel now represents Foster. He said soon after he took that call, a lawsuit was filed against Foster’s caretaker and two others.
Court documents allege Foster’s caretaker, who started working for him in 2022, stole more than $200,000.
“She had been paying herself a hefty sum, $1,800 to 2,000 a week,” Jewel said. “At Christmas, she gave herself a lot of big checks. Her name got put on the bank account.”
Jewel said she also persuaded the elderly man to give her power of attorney and then took his home.
In October 2023, a property deed was filed at the Shelby County Register’s Office.
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