There’s a house for sale on a dead-end section of South Purdum Street you could buy for $29,900. The property is in poor to fair condition, and sold as is. You could buy it, but if you did, you’d be moving into a property contaminated by meth. In September 2012, Kokomo police found an active meth lab on the property at 1719 S. Purdum St. and arrested three people for maintaining an illegal drug lab. That same week, the Howard County Health Department condemned the house, like it does to every property where police discover meth manufacturing activity. An Indianapolis-based company called Tax Lien Trust took ownership of the residence through a tax sale in February, and the house has been on the market ever since. But it shouldn’t be. State law says any home polluted with meth residue must be decontaminated by a state-certified cleaner before it can be sold.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:36:10 +0000
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