
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla., April 9 (UPI) -- Officials in a Florida community say they are willing to foreclose on two brothers' house for not paying fines for illegally keeping a big truck there.
Christopher and Jeff George of Royal Palm Beach lost their appeal of the $10,000 in fines the village levied against them over the course of two years for keeping a Ford F-650 truck, the second-largest truck made by Ford, in the residential neighborhood, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday.
The brothers argued unsuccessfully in court that the village was violating their constitutional rights by not allowing them to keep the truck at home. The Palm Beach County Circuit Court sided with the village, and Lynda Walker, the village's code enforcement supervisor, said Royal Palm Beach may foreclose on the $348,000 house to recover the unpaid fines.
Jeff George, 27, said he plans a further appeal, but will pay the fines before losing the house.
"I'm going to appeal it again," he said. "It's not going to end until I win. I'm in the right."
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