july 26 2013 151 a woman in mcarthur ohio about 70 miles south of columbus said a bank mistakenly cleared items from her home confusing it for a foreclosed house across the street then demanded receipts when she asked to be compensated for her missing possessions katie barnett 36 a nurse said her family had left for about two weeks last month and returned to find the locks on their home had changed and many of their belongings had been taken we called the cops and they said they thought it was a squatter she said two dressers and clothing for her five children were taken as well as items from outside their home including pool cleaning supplies and patio furniture she said weeks later she said police told her that a bank representative had contacted them saying someone was living in a foreclosed home the barnetts onestory threebedroom home obviously i wanted to find out what bank it was i was mad about the whole situation said barnett she later learned first national bank in wellston of which she is not a customer had mistaken her home for a bankowned property across the street a bank employee told 10tv news that the bank is trying to come to an agreement with barnett a gps had led them to my house the president of the bank told me barnett said they also said my grass hadnt been mowed so they just assumed that was the house read more itching to flip a house check these moneymaking tips barnett explained that her address number 514 is clearly marked on her mailbox as is the address of the foreclosed home 509 i have a house across the street from me the house that should have been repossessed is two houses down from them she explained barnetts home is not the first that a bank has mistaken for a foreclosed property two weeks ago a couple in fort worth texas discovered their home was confused for a vacant home then mistakenly demolished read more wells fargo mistakenly cleans out retired couples home twice mistakes it for foreclosed house she asked the bank for compensation for the missing items which she estimated were worth 18000 the most expensive items were two car engines and parts worth about 9000 barnett said he told me that i would probably need receipts for everything that they took and they were not paying retail she said i told him i wasnt running a yard sale and asking them to make me an offer i told him i dont keep receipts around for everything i have just in case a bank comes by and steals my stuff and if i did where do you think it would be with the stuff that you threw away first national bank did not respond to multiple requests for comment in a message on its website the bank explained its side of the story first national bank president and ceo anthony thorne