A new low in Florida -- adversely possessing a dead woman's property - by a commissioner.

There is a lot of sleazy activity that goes on in our communities that involves adverse possession of property. I've seen attempts to take over golf course property and very aggressive attempts to take over Association property. Some of it even looks like it's an organized effort among neighbors. If someone were to look into it, I'm sure that conspiracy and even racketeering charges would be appropriate.

But this latest case in Kissimmee -- this is a new topper.

Kissimmee commissioner arrested on fraud, grand-theft charges

Kissimmee City Commissioner Sara Shaw and her boyfriend were arrested on fraud and theft charges Tuesday after investigators said they moved into a home that continued to have its utilities automatically paid from the bank account of a dead woman who previously lived there.

After a yearlong investigation, Shaw, 36, was booked into the Osceola County Jail on charges of grand theft and fraudulent use of a deceased person's personal identification. Her boyfriend, Peter Sendtko, 42, faces the same charges and an additional charge of dealing in stolen property for allegedly selling the dead woman's car to his mother for $500.

Kissimmee police began investigating in September 2015 after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement received an anonymous tip about the couple living in a house on Mill Slough Road that was owned by a woman who had died four years earlier. The utilities continued to be paid by automatic withdrawals from the woman's bank account totaling more than $4,600, investigators say.

"In April 2014, the couple moved into the residence without permission and filed an adverse possession without color of title with Osceola County Property Appraisers in an attempt to establish ownership of [the woman's] residence," the FDLE said in a news release.



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