In 2021, Jason Fauntleroy thought he was making a straightforward investment, placing a $5,000 bid at a sheriff's auction for a vacant plot of land in Trenton, Ohio. But when the deed was finalized, he discovered he had purchased much more than he bargained for: the lot, and the entire private road it was attached to, Bloomfield Court. The bizarre mix-up, which even Trenton's City Manager Marcos Nichols admitted he couldn't fully explain, instantly made Fauntleroy the owner of a street lined ...
