A recorded interview (YouTube) in which Shanika recounts being wrongfully charged and arrested after purchasing a 12-acre property. She describes paying $400,000, being notified first by the sheriff and later by a U.S. marshal about three felony charges, and having her RV-parking development plans halted for over a year while litigation and pending charges proceeded.
Questions this video answers
$400,000
Three felony charges
Over a year
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I got arrested over this property, y'. All. So a lot of people was asking me, like, what's up with the development? I know you say you was going to develop RV parking. I couldn't do the development because I was in litigation behind this property. All of my project was halted for over a year because I had pending charges. Okay. So I bought the property, had a closing. Everything's good, I thought, right? I agreed to pay this seller $400,000 for the property. Oddly enough, a couple months later, get a phone call from the sheriff. Sheriff says, stella made a complaint against you, saying that you illegally took his property. I gave him a down payment, and he cashed my check. And you know what I'm saying? These are the terms. Like, what? And so he's like, listen, this is what has been, you know, stated. If we decide to pursue it further, a detective will contact you. We just had to get your side of it. Okay? Okay. I ain't think nothing else of it. About three months later, I get a call from a U.S. marshal. I thought it a prank. This dude says, I'm looking for, you know, Shanika, you have three felony charges. Three. I'm like, what the. What? He's like, listen, all I'm giving is instructions to come pick your up and take you to jail. What? Yes. I'm like. And I'm like, listen, let me call my attorney. Like, let me find out what's going on. I will turn myself in, but let me find out what's going on. Right? Right. We arranged for me to turn myself in on Tuesday morning. Tuesday morning, police show up at my door to come and get me. I'm in my nightgown. I'm in my nightgown. I got my house shoes on. It's comfortable. You went to jail naked? I went to jail. I had my nightgown. It's not funny, Charles. It's not funny.