Angel Giernacky was hoping to rent a new apartment for her boyfriend and their 8-month-old daughter at the Kamden Village Apartments in Cleveland, but police told her the security deposit was stolen
CLEVELAND — Angel Giernacky was hoping to rent a new apartment for her boyfriend and their 8-month-old daughter at the Kamden Village Apartments on Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, but police later told her that her $1,500 security deposit had been stolen.
News 5 will not yet name the female leasing agent because she has not yet been formally charged, but police are still searching for her. “She showed us the apartment complex, gave us a move-in date, told us to contact the utility people," she said."So really it’s been difficult to learn we weren’t moving in just three days before our move-in date.”“On top of that we were supposed to give her $400 more dollars," she said ."She told us they took cash only or money orders. She was lying to our faces, either way, we would have gotten scammed, money order or not, you just really have to be careful.
“It’s crazy, it’s crazy, I don’t know how somebody thinks they could get away with that," Hitsman said. “My son has been looking everywhere for an apartment. He thought, a two bedroom apartment, it’s not that bad so his kids could stay in the one bedroom.”“She told him that he needed a deposit with a money order of cash, which I thought was really odd," she said."But to know him and she saw him in the school, how could you do that, I would feel guilty.