{"id":305293,"date":"2026-05-23T00:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T00:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305293\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T00:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T00:15:11","slug":"abandoned-rv-torn-down-in-acres-homes-days-after-fox-26-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305293\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned RV torn down in Acres Homes days after FOX 26 report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Residents in the Acres Homes watched in glory as crews tore down an abandoned RV that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/acres-homes-residents-demand-answers-after-abandoned-rv-sits-weeks-victory-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">left in the neighborhood for weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   Abandoned RV removed from Acres Homes <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Locals told FOX 26 on Wednesday that the RV had been sitting in a median on Victory Drive for over two weeks despite numerous calls to different City of Houston departments.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Neighbors said the RV was becoming a safety hazard and an eyesore. They reported seeing unhoused people and children going through the RV, and they said it was blocking visibility for drivers.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Houston Police told FOX 26 that the RV was deemed unsafe and would be removed within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORIGINAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/acres-homes-residents-demand-answers-after-abandoned-rv-sits-weeks-victory-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Acres Homes residents demand answers after abandoned RV sits for weeks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2018Persistence makes a difference\u2019 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Two days after the report, FOX 26 was alerted to city crews tearing down the RV on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police told FOX 26 on Wednesday that the vehicle had to be partially demolished before it could be completely removed.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rv.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Locals Denise Criswell and Brenda Lastrap spoke to FOX 26 as the RV came down. Both women say they didn&#8217;t expect an immediate response following Wednesday&#8217;s report, but they&#8217;re glad to see it and thanked FOX 26 and reporter Leslie DelasBour for raising awareness.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Persistence makes a difference. The community came together, we had something to say about it, we didn&#8217;t like it, and, guess what?&#8221; says Criswell before stepping back to point at the destroyed RV, &#8220;It&#8217;s gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Miracles never cease. With us being taxpayers, we expect this to happen, but it shouldn&#8217;t have to go through the channels that we went through,&#8221; says Lastrap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Previous FOX 26 reporting and Acres Homes residents<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/good-news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Good News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\/acres-homes\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acres Homes<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Residents in the Acres Homes watched in glory as crews tore down an abandoned RV that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[20635,10300,18837,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-305293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-acres-homes","tag-coronavirus","tag-good-news","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}