May 20, 2008 7:08 am US/Mountain
Man Accused Of Trying To Rent Home He Didn't Own
DENVER (CBS4) ―
A man allegedly tried to rent out a home he didn't even own in the Denver area. The woman who was considering the lease said she knew the deal was too good to be true since the man was asking $600 a month for the large five bedroom house.
Jonathan Haywood reportedly was interested in buying the home for his parents. That's when he apparently saw the real estate agent use the lock box and got the code.
The realtor said Haywood could never close the deal to buy the home.
"It never could go through because he could never deliver earnest money or he could never provide verification of funds he could never make it happen so it's fallen through two separate times," said Andrea Tomlin, a realtor.
Haywood then reportedly showed the home to Andrea Euresti, offering it as a rental property.
"And my kids were all excited," said Euresti. "They said 'mom, take it. It's a huge house. Take it.' And I said 'kids, well let me investigate, because it sounds too good to be true.'"
She called Tomlin and learned Haywood didn't own the house.
"I can only imagine that he was going to keep the deposit money or the first rent, whatever he collected," Tomlin said.
CBS4 called Haywood who denied the women's story. He also told his father he didn't do it. His father doesn't believe him.
"He can be temperamental," said Tom Esparza, Haywood's father. "And I guess he can make up stories."
Esparza said Haywood lied once before about buying his parents a house.
The only likely charge Haywood would face is trespassing because he didn't steal anything. But trespassing after the fact can be hard to prove.
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