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(San Luis Obispo) Dumbass Tired of the faltering housing market, real estate agent forced to find new way to rip off customers   (sanluisobispo.com) divider line 14
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superlawyergirl [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 10:22:10 AM  
a pretty big risk for just a couple of dollars.

 
hatechall 2008-05-17 10:22:27 AM  
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBIES

 
Aidan [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 10:23:32 AM  
Copy of text please. Site has registration screen.

 
omg_lol 2008-05-17 10:26:58 AM  
I'd make a joke about either america's shiathole culture or hopeless economy, but Fark does that pretty well.

 
ah3133 2008-05-17 10:27:31 AM  
goddam reagan selling our jobs to the commies, replacing us with robots ...

 
ah3133 2008-05-17 10:28:50 AM  
Aidan: Copy of text please. Site has registration screen.

what do you want for free?

 
YouPeopleAreCrazy 2008-05-17 10:30:23 AM  
Aidan: Copy of text please. Site has registration screen.

Ex-real estate agent accused of holdup during open house, other robberies
64-year-old man is suspected of five recent robberies across SLO County

By Leslie Parrilla

David Albertsen pleaded not guilty Monday to felony armed robbery and other charges.

* Read a previous story about the case

A former Arizona real estate agent is suspected in five armed robberies in San Luis Obispo County, including one of a real estate agent and another at a real estate office.

David Albertsen, 64, is suspected of robbing the agent during an open house in Atascadero on April 27, two days after he allegedly walked into a real estate office in Arroyo Grande and robbed an employee at gunpoint, according to police.

Albertsen was licensed in Arizona, according to that state's Department of Real Estate. He

obtained it in February 2007, but it is currently listed as inactive.

He also worked as a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1971 to 1976, according to LAPD officials. It is unknown why he left the department.

Police describe Albertsen as a transient who returned to this area after living here in the 1970s and '80s.

Albertsen was arrested after the Atascadero victim recognized him at a San Luis Obispo grocery store about eight days after the crime. She called police to report he was the person who had held her at gunpoint and stole her purse, San Luis Obispo police said. Officers arrested him outside the store.

Albertsen is linked to at least three additional armed robberies in San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach and Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo police said.

He is being held at County Jail in lieu of posting $102,000 bail on charges of felony armed robbery, first-degree burglary and carrying a concealed firearm in connection with the Atascadero robbery, according to court officials.

On Monday, Albertsen pleaded not guilty to the charges and is scheduled to return to court next week for a pretrial hearing, according to court documents.

No charges have been filed for the other robberies because prosecutors are waiting to review police reports.

Paso Robles investigators say Albertsen robbed a man sitting in a car at a gas station May 2, adding that he seemed rather apologetic during the crime.

"He said, 'Sorry dude, but I'm kind of desperate,' " the victim told police. The man was robbed of about $45.

Albertsen is also suspected of holding up two Pismo Beach hotel guests April 25 after knocking on their door at the Best Western Shore Cliff Lodge and pointing a semiautomatic handgun at them. He allegedly threatened to shoot them if they did not give him cash and a credit card.

The credit card was later used at a gas station in Pismo Beach, police said.

A day later, an employee at the front office of the San Luis Creek Lodge was held at gunpoint while being robbed of money from a cash box, police said.

 
Aidan [TotalFark] 2008-05-17 10:38:03 AM  
Thank you, YouPeopleAreCrazy!

 
Opposable Thumb 2008-05-17 10:39:29 AM  
LOL - he used to be a cop...

 
seatown75 2008-05-17 10:58:19 AM  
The ultimate irony is that he robbed another RE agent at an (apparently empty) open house.

What was he expecting to get by robbing another broke agent? The package of Top Ramen she was saving for lunch?

All of you that are reading this, please support Ramen for Realtors and help prevent these crimes of desperation.

 
planes 2008-05-17 11:11:24 AM  
This Arizona realtor pulled a $45 armed robbery in California? Wrong state to do that in ...

www.global-air.com

 
Get Lost 2008-05-17 11:47:29 AM  
He also worked as a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1971 to 1976, according to LAPD officials. It is unknown why he left the department.

It bears repeating. When they leave after 5 years, they usually got caught doing too many things that got to be an embarrassment.

 
Quantum Apostrophe 2008-05-17 12:23:42 PM  
"rip off customers"??? What kind of comment is this? I've been assured by farkers that a house is an investment.

 
DistendedPendulusFrenulum 2008-05-17 05:16:37 PM  
Housing always goes up

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