Ionia House fire

letters and numbers · February 13, 2011, 06:43:12 AM

Hey you know i don't thinking arson probably just homeless trying to keep warm became it was cold last night. tbd last time I read about it out the police said that it wasnt arson just that ionia is still a sketchy part with lots of vacant houses and things like that happen but who knowd

sheclown · February 13, 2011, 08:15:51 AM

There is an arsonist who has been very busy on Ionia Street. We all know it.

Springfielder · February 13, 2011, 08:25:50 AM

Just about every house this guy owns has been torched. It's a loss, the back of the house and roof are gone

Ocklawaha · February 13, 2011, 08:57:20 AM

Fixed it for you Springfielder...

OCKLAWAHA

Ocklawaha · February 13, 2011, 09:04:37 AM

"It wasn't arson, it's just a sketchy part of town..."

OCKLAWAHA

Noone · February 13, 2011, 09:18:14 AM

I'm sorry to be reading about this especially after being in Springfield yesterday. I would have to agree with arson. That would put a halt to insurance claims.

Timkin · February 13, 2011, 12:35:36 PM

Who is the owner of all of the homes that have been torched? just curious.

Jimmy · February 13, 2011, 12:50:09 PM

1721 Ionia is owned by a shadowy LLC that was incorporated in Delaware called TARPON IV, LLC.

They list a place of business in the Miami area. They own 39 properties in Jacksonville. I think they were all acquired through tax deeds.

Ocklawaha · February 13, 2011, 01:05:57 PM

Quote from: Jimmy on February 13, 2011, 12:50:09 PM
1721 Ionia is owned by a shadowy LLC that was incorporated in Delaware called TARPON IV, LLC.

They list a place of business in the Miami area. They own 39 properties in Jacksonville. I think they were all acquired through tax deeds.

Miami? Yeah, I've got a cousin in Miami that's into international trade and he works from a corner phone booth.

OCKLAWAHA

Timkin · February 13, 2011, 02:01:56 PM

Ahhh......the same Tarpon that owns School #4 ....look for it to be burned out next...

iloveionia · February 13, 2011, 05:06:34 PM

Clarification.
1721 burned a year ago, owned by Tarpon, and was subsequently demolished. This bungalow was vacant.
1715 burned in June of 2010, owned by an individual who has lost many homes to fire on this corner. This home was lived in by an elderly renter when it was first burned. The house was salvagable, with only the back addition needing to be torn down (in my non-professional opinion.) This is the SECOND time someone has torched it. SECOND time. This time they destroyed it.

There have been SO many fires on Ionia that I am crossing all of the addresses. It is becoming difficult to keep up.

Jimmy · February 13, 2011, 06:11:34 PM

Wow, that's just unreal. I can't imagine the odds of this being a coincidence.

wsansewjs · February 13, 2011, 06:36:02 PM

I smell an criminal organization with all the drama in the crimes behind this stuff.

-Josh

Timkin · February 13, 2011, 09:50:18 PM

I second that , wholeheartedly Josh.. This particular owner is doing nothing for any of these these properties. I hate to accuse when I do not have facts ...but this is too much of a coincidence. Feel free of course to tell me that I am completely wrong.

What I totally do NOT get is why a company would buy all of these tax-sale properties and do nothing with them whatsoever. and then they systematically burn down one by one.... this is not divine intervention.

Ralph W · February 13, 2011, 10:44:43 PM

Try this on for size...
COJ has placed a lien on all their properties to satisfy, if they can, the assessed fines for code violations on Annie Lytle and probably others, to boot. Liened property burns to the ground. Of course there is insurance, which pays, as long as the cause of the fire is not traced back to the insured. Insured pockets the cash and walks away, gaining more than they would from the resale of the property, minus the lien. Liened property is now owned by COJ. Maybe they can use it for a parking lot.