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I am a landowner and adjacent neighbor to Tane Finley at Sandstone, Minnesota. Tane Finley is a junk and rubbish collector. For over 4 years I have been observing Tane Finley hauling all manner of items from his NE Minneapolis residence up to the once pristine wetland wilderness of the Bear Creek watershed, in Sandstone, Minnesota. This man is one of the oddest fellows I have ever met, and because he continues to transport his junk collections up to his and my north woods enclaves, I am unable to keep this matter private any longer. Most of his junk collecting activity is ending up in the wetlands which I am currently referring over to the DNR and Pine County for investigation of the environmental implications as well as the violations of various road and nuisance statutes. If Tane Finley wishes to dispute my written posting exposing his odd and junky behavior in Sandstone, I would be happy to email to him or anyone else the photo evidence.

Update by Patrancus
Mar 03, 2011 7:15 pm EST

Tane Finley filed a bogus Harassment complaint against Peter Schaps. This complaint was heard by Pine County court in December of 2010, the result of which was, that the Pine County court found no Harassment and dismissed the Finley complaint in its entirety. Tane Finley is a extremely difficult personality to understand for the average neighbor, and I as his landowner neighbor would strongly recommend to all people planing to conduct any kind of business with Tane Finley to be very wary and be sure to protect your personal and financial interests by video taping or have your witness present on any personal face to face meetings. You have been warned!

Update by Patrancus
Feb 03, 2012 4:45 pm EST

To the Moderators of this message board, please be advised:
This man named Tane Finley has written false negative accusations which has damaged my personal integrity and character and which have been published upon this Complaints Board. This man is pathological liar and recently has been charged twice in Wright County Minnesota with with 3rd and 5th Degree Criminal Sexual Misconduct, and is not in custody. Their is a Warrant for Arrest issued by Wright County Minnesota, court file 86-CR-12-507, on January 27th, 2012 . The false and misleading accusations posted upon this site by Tane Finley are false and baseless, that I do not take lightly, and if not removed immediately if not sooner will be removed via the courts at which time I will be seeking to recover a money judgment from this Complaints Board for my damages. Again please be advised that I am as serious as a judge wearing a black robe and will take this action if these Tane Finley comments directed to my integrity and character are not removed immediately. Very Truly Yours, Peter J. Schaps, Minnesota Legal Process, LLC

Update by Patrancus
Jul 11, 2012 6:22 pm EDT

If one searches the Tane Finley, aka Tyn Fin, aka loser phone # in craigs list all of the predatory ads used to come up for his specials on photo shoots, the guy has got his hands full now in Wright county with his 2nd an 5th degree, he had to sell his land next door to mine to raise $$ for his defense, he should do some time though the courts have a way of setting these kind of people free to prey some more on the good people of this world. I am very happy to be done with this sorry example of the human race.

Update by Patrancus
Nov 01, 2012 9:34 am EDT

update: jury found guilty on both charges of criminal sexual misconduct, being held in the Wright County Jail awaiting sentencing in December.

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Mark Sytke
Minneapolis, US
Feb 24, 2021 4:43 pm EST

Tane Finley, a rappist, con-artist, has been ripping people off all over Minneapolis. Please stay away from anything to do with this pervert.

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Orchard567
, US
Nov 19, 2016 9:26 am EST
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We hired him in 2012 for our wedding. Soon after that was when we found out about the rape charges. I'm so sorry to hear that it happened to someone you know! We don't have many of our wedding pics, the video, or album he claimed he was making. He has constantly told me since then that he's been working on it but now has blocked me on fb and messenger. For us, it's not about the money. I want my pictures because since our wedding, my mom has passed away. Those pictures mean a lot to me... :(

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dont make this grammie mad
Zimmerman, US
Sep 23, 2012 6:08 pm EDT

omg ! i am totally creeped out and pissed ! this puke took photos at my dear friends wedding in the fall of 2011 and during the reception he would constantly come over to our table where we were sitting and was taking photos of my 2year old granddaughter and my 17 year old daughter, i also seen him all over my friends niece touching N kissing her ...well come to find out he RAPED her that night ! i hope you rot in prison you sick ### ! i want those pictures he took of my granddaughter and daughter you sick #@%%^^^* and the bride has yet to get her photos also !

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wishinghumanswerebetter
Minneapolis, US
May 31, 2012 3:03 am EDT

I totally agree. We were scammed and are appalled that this person is still roaming free to take more innocent and hopeful people's money. He offered videography services on craigslist. He took our money and then completely stopped communicating with us. He deserves to be in jail and I hope this assault case will put him there. We took the same tack as "imgunnagetyou2" for awhile, but ultimately decided we need to let the ugliness of the situation go for our own sanity and try to forget this horrible, pathetic man. I am writing this because we gave our anger until the end of this month because we've been fuming about it too long already and have given him too much of our lives on top of the money. So this is my last chance to put something lasting out there as a warning to anyone else. Please be smarter than us and do the research on him BEFORE handing over any information or money.

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Imgunnagetyou2
Minneapolis, US
May 25, 2012 4:49 am EDT

Please be advised that there is a man that not only is a fraud but also a sexual predatory with pending charges. He goes by many names - Tyn Fin, Tane Finley, Image Surrounding, Surrounding Image, Tyn Alex, Alex all by itself and I'm sure there's plenty more aliases this ugly creep is coming up with. He scammed me for $600 and well...he scammed the wrong person because I have the summer off and nothing better to do with my time but to get royal payback one way or another. Well let it be known that I have contacted fox9 and his place of business at the International Market Square building. Also he claims to have offices in Brooklyn Park and Bloomington but I believe those were his old scam locations and that he moves on to new ones once he's been found out. He is a small little fool that my dog could gobble up in one bite..if it was another time I would happily go down there and collect my money myself from this pathetic little man. But I shall try legal means first. His home address is listed online as well. Simply google half his names and you can find information like I have.. the longer you look the more you find. Its a shame that he's been able to get away with half of what he's gotten away with without consequences. Not to mention he has no idea who he's ripping off. He changes his name to similar names to his true name .. Tane Alexander Finley. If you do use a photographer with a similar name it might be a good idea to see some identification before paying him. He is a thin man probably around 5'9 with curly hair. His teeth are crooked. Very unattractive.

I just wanted to put this ad out there for others that have been scammed. Contact me and I will ad your case to mine - the more detail the better. He may or may not be only using photography as his scam - I did see someone getting scammed by a "PI" named Alex as well - contact me and who knows it could be the same fool. He also commonly ad's deadlines to his postings - "give me money by this time and I'll give you a deal!" His phone I have is [protected] but there may be others. I do plan to pursue him with check fraud as I paid him through paypal with a virtual check from my bank. I'm not going to let this simply fade away. I will post similar information - if you wish to see him in court its May 31st. I'm sure his judge would appreciate this information or at least the prosecutor in his rape charge as profiling information. I'm meeting with my lawyer next week and plan to sue him and do whatever else I can to prevent this loser from doing this again. That is if he's not in jail first. Heck I may even create a website warning others - we'll see.

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Peter J. Schaps
, US
Mar 13, 2012 12:10 am EDT

Why is Peter J. Schaps stocking Tane Finley? Publishing false charges with no convictions on Tane for anything! Why is Peter J. Schaps taking photographs of Tane without asking or without his permission? Destroying Tane's property that Tane paid for permits from The Land and Soil that Peter J. Schaps constantly tears down? Making sure every attempt to discredit Tane in detailed action? Is it to win over his land somehow? Humm? We all LOVE to know what a bully like Peter J. Schaps has to say about everyone! Pine County sherifs office has Peter J. Schaps destroying Tane's property over and over and over on file. Peter J. Schaps started his little tiff as you can clearly see at the top, but why is Peter J. Schaps trying so hard to finish it? Hmmm? Is it because everything that is said on this board is not removable no mater what Peter J. Schaps tries and he is to stupid to figure that out himself?

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t.f.1234
BC, US
Mar 02, 2011 2:05 pm EST

Peter "Joseph" Schaps is the stalker who Pine County issued a no Harassment order! Further contact by you or your friend the Lawyer, Alan Tschida (who is the actual land owner and harrasing me as indicated "Patrancus" above) are both going to put them in jail with more fines. Your doing to to each other & themselves. Your actions and slander are useless, people can say what ever they want about whoever. Have fun with that!

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Peter Joseph
St. Paul, US
Nov 20, 2010 12:44 am EST
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Stopped by to check on my Sandstone property the other day and came upon Finley aka "Ernest T. Bass" mudding around with his dogs in the haunts of his Sandstone Junkyard. Finley all decked out in blaze orange camo with dogs and his long rifle was a pitiful sight. After all he claims to be living in this remote hollowed swamp over a mile from the blacktop road in the middle of November with the Arctic chiller just days away. Later upon leaving my property I came upon him once again, this time he was sporting his sawed off unlicensed mudding jeep and itching for a feud? I really do not know for sure, though a few minutes later after we parted company and after I spoke with the Deputy, I am to understand does not go by the name of "Fife" I now find out today my calm, mild manor behavior during our brief encounter must of really pissed Finley off, because it seems he has taken his liberty to make a charge against my person for assault, the exact details of which I do not know and will have to report on later in another post. I would agree with the previous poster that Finley is a man who is quite frankly a very difficult personality. I would encourage Finley to re think his alleged assault charge, as it a considered a chargeable offense to make a false complaint.

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anonymous - user
St. Louis Park, US
Nov 18, 2010 8:28 pm EST

I know this man very well, he is the sly, scammer type of person. You do not want to live near, by him, or associated in any way with this guy. He is a very dirty hippie, with his long shades of gross gray hair. He likes to skimp around from place to place and ###s people over. This is how he makes a living. And his wedding video/photography services suck.

p.s. Notice how complaints about Tane Finley are also commented, on a user, by the name of Tane Finley too. During the wedding video shoot he did for us he also tried getting with various people and we ended up catching him making out with my now daughter in law who is only 19.

This man is a creep at best.

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tane Finley
Minneapolis, US
Oct 18, 2010 3:26 pm EDT

Thanks for the free advertising! Yes it's true I'm in the junk business too. Please contact me anytime at [protected] for our rubbish removal service.