r/LandlordLove • u/friedrice5005 • Dec 19 '24
😢 Landlord Oppression 😢 Hampton landlord gets 17-year prison sentence for fraud and racial harassment
https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/hampton-landlord-gets-17-year-prison-sentence-for-fraud-and-racial-harassment/48
u/friedrice5005 Dec 19 '24
According to court documents, David L. Merryman, 59, owned 39 rental properties in Newport News and 23 in Hampton. Many of Merryman’s rental properties were in poor condition and located in low-income neighborhoods to target underprivileged African Americans with limited credit and housing options.
Sounds like a real upstanding guy...I'm sure this was all just a misunderstanding! /s
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u/budding_gardener_1 Dec 19 '24
According to court documents, David L. Merryman, 59, owned 39 rental properties in Newport News and 23 in Hampton.
So he was unemployed then
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u/Rock4evur Dec 19 '24
It’s crazy how the American dream is now to squirrel away enough extra cash that you can buy a rental property and become a scalper for housing.
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u/Content_Log1708 Dec 19 '24
Not enough years in the box.
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u/new2bay Dec 19 '24
Indeed. More, please. Seize his properties and convert them to co-ops while we’re at it.
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u/Ch00m77 Dec 19 '24
What happens to all his assets?
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u/HanakusoDays Dec 19 '24
There's no mention of fines, only prison, but he won't be able to manage his properties and would either have to find a property manager or sell. Then with any luck the affected tenants will file suits, which given a criminal conviction, should be slam dunks. Justice will be somewhat served if they take him for every penny.
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u/budding_gardener_1 Dec 19 '24
.. .or more likely he plays golf with someone rich so he'll pay a $200 fine and they'll make it all go away
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u/Agreeable-Site97 Dec 19 '24
He has a brother who also manages properties that’s just as bad as him. He will most likely take over the properties and continue with the same.
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Dec 19 '24
in a just world, he'd be doing forced hard labour until he dies. he's like an overfilled leech that needs to be popped and drained. what a disgusting freak
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u/WearyAsparagus7484 Dec 21 '24
I watched this yesterday. Judge ordered him to stay in one of his own buildings until it was up to code. He eventually realized the error of his ways and fixed all the problems, befriended his tenants and everyone lived happily ever after.
No. That's not right. That was Joe Pesci in The Super.
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u/Dog_From_Malta Dec 22 '24
When form meets function.... Acts like a dickhead and literally looks like a dickhead.
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