LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A lady serving time in jail for stealing from condo complexes is going through comparable allegations.
Tenants on the David J. Hoggard Household Group stated they obtained eviction notices regardless of making rental funds to former worker Meshaire Maheia, often known as Sherry, earlier than she started serving her sentence in August.
Maheia, 48, is serving a 12 to 30-month sentence at Florence McClure Girls’s Correctional Heart, in line with the Nevada Division of Corrections. A division spokesperson stated she was admitted on Aug. 22.
International Property Administration Inc., which is affiliated with retired soccer skilled Frank Hawkins, manages the property. Dora LaGrande, asset supervisor, stated she and her crew had been unaware of the fees in opposition to Maheia. Courtroom data present her prison case started in 2024. LaGrande stated Maheia was employed in late 2023.
Tenant Sadie Parker advised the 8 Information Now Investigators she obtained an eviction discover dated Oct. 30 for failing to pay $7,000, though she insisted she paid lease.
“My God, what is this?” Parker stated.
Parker advised the 8 Information Now Investigators she believed her cash was pocketed, particularly as a result of workplace employees, together with Maheia, didn’t at all times present receipts.
Meshaire Maheia, 48, is serving a 12 to 30-month sentence at Florence McClure Girls’s Correctional Heart, in line with the Nevada Division of Corrections.
“They don’t want to take accountability for it,” Parker stated.
Tenants on the David J. Hoggard flats stated they obtained a discover from LaGrande stating, “It has come to our attention that some of you allegedly paid your rent via Cash App to Sherry Maheia. Each of you have a legally binding lease that emphatically states that we only take Debit/Credit cards and for those of you that had been living there prior to February 1, 2022, when we enacted our credit-only policy, we only accepted money orders. February 1, 2022, we completely did away with money orders and began to only accept debit/credit cards and a memo was sent out to that affect. Therefore, for those of you that paid her via cash app (please submit proof to me) I implore you to file charges against her as you still owe David J. Hoggard for the rent and I will be reviewing the ledgers and submitting requests for payments immediately.”
In an interview with the 8 Information Now Investigators, LaGrande stated roughly 10 tenants have obtained eviction notices in consequence from Maheia’s alleged theft, and he or she insisted she stands behind the evictions. LaGrande claimed some tenants had been complicit.
“I stand by the evictions of the tenants who were paying $200 for a $1299 unit, that were paying $400 for an $1145 unit, that were trading food stamps for rent, that were doing her hair for rent and bartering for rent,” LaGrande stated.
LaGrande advised the 8 Information Now Investigators she was knowledgeable Maheia had been in a automobile accident in August and solely discovered she was in jail on Monday.
LaGrande stated she has documentation of private funds to Maheia, whereas tenants stated they’ve proof they paid their lease. Some tenants stated they paid with a cash order or money.
Tenant Fran Sims stated she plans on shifting out of the property after a number of lease funds had been withdrawn from her checking account directly with out her permission final 12 months, an eviction discover greater than two years in the past, which she needed to type out in court docket, and restore requests ignored.
“I’ve been worried to death all the time,” Sims advised the 8 Information Now Investigators.
LaGrande stated she contacted Las Vegas Metro police about Maheia’s alleged theft.
In Maheia’s first case, police stated they started investigating after they had been knowledgeable by a number of condo complexes {that a} former worker, Mariela Meza, 36, obtained lease funds and safety deposits within the types of cash orders, money and checks from new and present residents and by no means turned them over to enterprise, leading to monetary loss. Detectives discovered Meza was working with Meshaire Maheia and Xzavier Mahaia, in line with an arrest report obtained by the 8 Information Now Investigators.
The trio defrauded condo complexes or condo administration firms courting again to October 2022, the report said. The properties listed are The Neiders Firm, Phoenix Gardens of Nevada LLC, Desert Palms Flats, Tides at North Paradise, Citrus Flats, Desert Ridge Flats, Inexperienced Mountain Properties – B & R Administration (Cottonwood and Mojave Breeze), and Diplomat Flats. Police famous Meshaire Maheia was not discovered to be concerned with prison exercise on the Citrus or Diplomat Flats.
The scheme affected not less than 65 tenants, police stated.
“The total estimated loss for these businesses is approximately $97,020.76 with a combined total of 173 counts of forgery,” the report said.
A number of the stolen cash benefited Maheia’s enterprise, ‘A Style of Cookie,’ in line with the report.
LaGrande advised the 8 Information Now Investigators some David J. Hoggard tenants made funds for lease to ‘A Style of Cookie.’
Meza is serving a 12-to-30-month sentence for theft and forgery at Florence McClure Girls’s Correctional Heart, in line with the division. A parole listening to is scheduled for Nov. 20.
Xzavier Maheia is deceased, in line with Las Vegas Justice Courtroom data.
In court docket paperwork, Meshaire Maheia argued she shouldn’t be in jail, she didn’t have good authorized illustration, and her lawyer shouldn’t have entered a responsible plea on her behalf. She additionally claimed she has stayed out of bother.
Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority supplies vouchers for some tenants. A spokesperson stated none of these tenants are affected and despatched the next assertion: “The property you reference is owned by Community Development Programs Center of Nevada (CDPCN). We are working closely with CDPCN management and are not aware of any SHRHA client residents who have received eviction notices, nor have any renters contacted us. In keeping with our mission and our focus, we are currently reaching out to our clients – residents with SNRHA vouchers – to provide resources and information.”
The 8 Information Now Investigators additionally reached out to the Metropolis of Las Vegas. A spokesperson despatched the next assertion: “The property owner did receive federal housing grant funds for this property, and because of that, there are requirements that the property owner must comply with. The city is working with the property owner to address any compliance issues. In the meantime, the city is providing assistance to residents to keep them housed. Residents who have received an eviction notice are strongly encouraged to contact Nevada Legal Services right away at 702-386-0404. They may also contact the city at 702-229-6117 or via email at [email protected].”
Nevada Authorized Providers stated any tenants going through eviction ought to file a response instantly.
To succeed in investigative reporter Vanessa Murphy, electronic mail [email protected].
