Help the Sheldon family after loss of everything
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Where do I begin? I can tell you all about our ending, but I can't seem to wrap my mind around all that has put our family in this horrific situation.
2 weeks ago we literally had everything we own taken from us, stolen. Sold..destroyed..who knows?
Scammed is what we are calling it.
A knock on our door, a police officer giving me 20 minutes to leave the house was just the start.
I was told I was being evicted. No notice, no paperwork sent to me, no phone calls, nothing. Just a knock on the door and a letter stating I was to leave immediately.
I left everything. I quickly packed a few things, thinking this is some mistake, we will be back in the house tonight after everything is straightened out. Boy was that a mistake! I watched two fairly young gentleman (who I would say did not look professional) change the locks and put trespassing signs on our doors.
After going to the courthouse to figure this all out I was granted permission to go back. Relieved this was all a mistake, tim and I headed back to the house that evening. What we found was 2 car loads of "young adults" loading their cars with my belongings. I ran into my house and found it completely turned upside down. In a few hours they had took all our TVs, went through cupboards and drawers and quickly taking our valuables. When I called the police...one kid proceeded to out Tim's tools back in the garage and then drove off.
Our house is now completely empty..they have taken everything. Including Tim's mustang that was in the garage. They have taken my kids clothes, medications, memories, Christmas decor, valuables, our most personal keepsakes and the things we need to just live each day.
We have been bouncing around from hotel to Airbnb. I've been to the courthouse too many times to count, have filed motions against the rental company, cried, pleaded and finally we have a court hearing Thursday the 29th. The judge has ordered three times that we are allowed to be at our home, we have been in a battle with the rental company (who is now sending us on a run around of different people, phone numbers, etc) The police can not help as the judge has ordered our property and home back and it needs to be dealt with through the court now. We witnessed our possessions being stolen, our house reeked of pot, blunt wrappers littered everywhere and a group of kids bunking in our home..and nothing can be done by the police. It's the most infuriating feeling and you feel so alone.
We have always paid our rent, we have receipts to prove that (we can also show anyone who wants to see) anyone who knows me knows we never would trash the house, we just lived our lives and minded our business.
We have no answers on what is going on, how this happened, who is in charge, if the rental company is even legit. All we know is most of our valuables are long gone, and anything else we have no clue if we will see again.
We have drained our savings account, from the Airbnb costs to having to buy us groceries and new clothes, toiletries and basic essentials.
On top of this mess, our furbaby Layla has been suffering from seizures and was hospitalized a few weeks back and needs vet care and medication.
Jess has severe health issues, suffering recently from a thyroid coma and a pituitary brain tumor that needs to be removed. Surgery now has to be put on hold until we can ensure our family has all it needs. It definitely goes to say "When it rains..it pours"
We are not ones to ever ever ask for help. But...we need help. As a mother, I am asking for help to help rebuild my kids lives. To be able to get them back into a home and the essentials we need to start over...literally. we have nothing but each other...which I am so very thankful for. We have came together during this. There has been lots of tears, yelling and just being plain scared. As parents, we are devastated our children have to go through this.
We are swallowing our pride and reaching out to you..our friends and family.
Anything at this point will be such an enormous help. If you are not able to donate but are able to help in other ways (clothing, home goods, etc) please let us know.
I will update on here as we learn more. We love you all and if you could spare a few prayers for us, we will be forever grateful.
❤️ Tim, Jess, Michaela, Aubrey, Kaylee and Baily.
2 weeks ago we literally had everything we own taken from us, stolen. Sold..destroyed..who knows?
Scammed is what we are calling it.
A knock on our door, a police officer giving me 20 minutes to leave the house was just the start.
I was told I was being evicted. No notice, no paperwork sent to me, no phone calls, nothing. Just a knock on the door and a letter stating I was to leave immediately.
I left everything. I quickly packed a few things, thinking this is some mistake, we will be back in the house tonight after everything is straightened out. Boy was that a mistake! I watched two fairly young gentleman (who I would say did not look professional) change the locks and put trespassing signs on our doors.
After going to the courthouse to figure this all out I was granted permission to go back. Relieved this was all a mistake, tim and I headed back to the house that evening. What we found was 2 car loads of "young adults" loading their cars with my belongings. I ran into my house and found it completely turned upside down. In a few hours they had took all our TVs, went through cupboards and drawers and quickly taking our valuables. When I called the police...one kid proceeded to out Tim's tools back in the garage and then drove off.
Our house is now completely empty..they have taken everything. Including Tim's mustang that was in the garage. They have taken my kids clothes, medications, memories, Christmas decor, valuables, our most personal keepsakes and the things we need to just live each day.
We have been bouncing around from hotel to Airbnb. I've been to the courthouse too many times to count, have filed motions against the rental company, cried, pleaded and finally we have a court hearing Thursday the 29th. The judge has ordered three times that we are allowed to be at our home, we have been in a battle with the rental company (who is now sending us on a run around of different people, phone numbers, etc) The police can not help as the judge has ordered our property and home back and it needs to be dealt with through the court now. We witnessed our possessions being stolen, our house reeked of pot, blunt wrappers littered everywhere and a group of kids bunking in our home..and nothing can be done by the police. It's the most infuriating feeling and you feel so alone.
We have always paid our rent, we have receipts to prove that (we can also show anyone who wants to see) anyone who knows me knows we never would trash the house, we just lived our lives and minded our business.
We have no answers on what is going on, how this happened, who is in charge, if the rental company is even legit. All we know is most of our valuables are long gone, and anything else we have no clue if we will see again.
We have drained our savings account, from the Airbnb costs to having to buy us groceries and new clothes, toiletries and basic essentials.
On top of this mess, our furbaby Layla has been suffering from seizures and was hospitalized a few weeks back and needs vet care and medication.
Jess has severe health issues, suffering recently from a thyroid coma and a pituitary brain tumor that needs to be removed. Surgery now has to be put on hold until we can ensure our family has all it needs. It definitely goes to say "When it rains..it pours"
We are not ones to ever ever ask for help. But...we need help. As a mother, I am asking for help to help rebuild my kids lives. To be able to get them back into a home and the essentials we need to start over...literally. we have nothing but each other...which I am so very thankful for. We have came together during this. There has been lots of tears, yelling and just being plain scared. As parents, we are devastated our children have to go through this.
We are swallowing our pride and reaching out to you..our friends and family.
Anything at this point will be such an enormous help. If you are not able to donate but are able to help in other ways (clothing, home goods, etc) please let us know.
I will update on here as we learn more. We love you all and if you could spare a few prayers for us, we will be forever grateful.
❤️ Tim, Jess, Michaela, Aubrey, Kaylee and Baily.
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Jess Sheldon
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Tampa, FL