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Real Estate Agent Stole Competitor's 'For Sale' Signs: Cops

Robert Toth charged with weird crime

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 23, 2012 4:35 PM CST

(AP) – Well, that's one way to hurt the competition: A Connecticut real estate agent has been charged with stealing a competitor's "for sale" signs from the front lawns of area homes. Police say 54-year-old Robert Toth was charged Wednesday with third-degree larceny and first-degree criminal trespass, after Jihad Shaheer complained in September that his signs had been stolen from more than eight sites. Police tell the Connecticut Post that they later determined that Toth, who had worked for Shaheer before opening his own real estate company, had been taking the signs.

In this Thursday Nov. 8, 2012, photo, a house is shown for sale in Alhambra, Calif.
In this Thursday Nov. 8, 2012, photo, a house is shown "for sale" in Alhambra, Calif.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Kookey90
Nov 25, 2012 9:52 PM CST
Hey, no surprises here;  the real estate business is tough out there. It's all about survival; all bets are off.
abbylou
Nov 24, 2012 9:45 AM CST
In an ego driven business, this is not surprising--it's just one in the bag of tricks that some real estate agents and brokers use to trash the competition.
HANKHILL
Nov 24, 2012 8:56 AM CST
damn arab go eat a pig sandy and shut up!

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