Following an exclusive story Tuesday from the 41 Action News Investigators about widespread and long-standing problems at the 79 Metcalf Apartments in Overland Park , more former tenants, employees and the manager of a tow truck company were among the people to reach out with new information about their experiences. She said she left a loaf of bread on that same countertop on day and returned home from work to find about 30 roaches on it.
Another former tenant named Chris Shepherd sent an email, detailing a roach problem in his rental unit. Curious, he checked a vacant apartment next door, which was open to see what kind of shape it was in before moving out.
It looked like a scene from a horror movie. Other former tenants and a former maintenance worker sent pictures to 41 Action News of water leaks, mold, electrical problems and myriad additional complaints. Kevin Larson, who said he lived at the complex in , remembered being outside where children were playing when he saw a Bentley speeding by. He yelled at the driver to slow down when he nearly hit a child. Larson says the driver jumped out his car and asked if Larson knew who he was.
Larson said he didn't care who he was, but that he needed him to slow down. The man then identified himself as the the owner of the complex, Nevin Dewar, and shoved Larson hard enough that he fell to the ground. A witness called the Overland Park Police Department, which sent an officer to review surveillance video from the complex.
Tonight you're evicted. Get out of here right now. You need to be gone by tomorrow. Larson said he and his wife were evicted the next day. Court records show the eviction case against the Larsons was dismissed in November David Mandelbaum, who pleaded guilty to federal income tax evasion last year, represented Dewar in the case.
