Sally Kestin
Journalist at Freelance
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter/writer. Northwestern grad, Louisville native.
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3 weeks ago |
avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin
Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Two attorneys and a woman at the center of Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, are facing their most serious criminal charges yet. A Buncombe grand jury in March indicted Robert Perry Tucker II and Ilesanmi Adaramola, both attorneys, and Lisa Roberts-Allen on two charges each of obtaining property by false pretenses and two counts of felony conspiracy.
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1 month ago |
avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin
Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. Grocery sales and profits at Ingles Markets took a big hit in the quarter following Tropical Storm Helene. Net sales at the Black Mountain-based grocery chain were down $193 million, or 13 percent, in the three months ending Dec. 28 over the same period in 2023, the company reported in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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1 month ago |
biltmorebeacon.com | Sally Kestin
A real estate investor and prominent figure in Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, has been criminally charged in a long-running state investigation. Robert Perry Tucker II of Asheville, who is also an attorney, faces two counts each of filing a false lien, a felony, and conspiracy to file a false lien, a misdemeanor. Also charged with the same counts: Attorney Ilesanmi Adaramola, formerly of Asheville, and Lisa K. Roberts, who had worked with Tucker on real estate deals in Buncombe.
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2 months ago |
avlwatchdog.org | Sally Kestin
Subscribe to our free Asheville Watchdog News Alerts and Watchdog Weekly Newsletter. A real estate investor and prominent figure in Asheville Watchdog’s series, Equity Erased, has been criminally charged in a long-running state investigation. Robert Perry Tucker II of Asheville, who is also an attorney, faces two counts each of filing a false lien, a felony, and conspiracy to file a false lien, a misdemeanor.
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2 months ago |
biltmorebeacon.com | Sally Kestin
A passenger jet on its initial approach to the Asheville Regional Airport in October came within seconds of colliding midair with a private plane in a harrowing incident described by the jet’s captain in federal data obtained by Asheville Watchdog. The private plane was “so close that I could see the occupant in the aircraft,” the jet’s captain reported.
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Our investigation continues. Buncombe property owners lost the chance to defend their ownership in court after local lawyers said they couldn't be found. "I've been in Asheville 20 years," one told Asheville Watchdog. “ I mean, I’m not that hard to find.” https://t.co/64GhaNXZ0y
In Part 2 of “Equity Erased,” Asheville Watchdog’s year-long investigation: A flawed and easily exploited property law that dates back to the Jim Crow era allows investors to acquire properties at far below market value. https://t.co/QRPoWPXlh0
