TV, speakers sold off in rent dispute

COEUR d'ALENE - A man who moved out of a house reported his former roommate sold nearly $4,000 worth of his property before he could return and pick it up.

According to a Coeur d'Alene police report, a resident in the 500 block of North 10th Street left the house at the end of November and said he would return for his items, which included a flat screen TV and home theater speakers valued at $3,400.

He told police he returned, but wasn't allowed to enter the home. He tried again later, but said his ex-roommate "has been belligerent towards him." He eventually called police so he could get into the house.

The resident of the home said when the man moved out, he owned him rent money, so he sold the TV and speakers.

Police told him that "he could not do that and the items needed to be returned."