2024

In 2024, a former caregiver/tenant, Takoda Parker, falsely accused their previous employer/landlord of theft after being asked to leave the property, refusing to remove their belongings from the property, attempting to sabotage the sale of the home, and conspiring with their friend to steal the landlord's motorcycle.

• Radford Police Investigator, Robert Stultz, avoided phone calls, emails, and in-person visits from the accused landlord.
• The Radford City Prosecutors office harassed the landlord on behalf of the caregiver and demanded that the landlord give the caregiver access to the landlord's storage unit.
• Despite records and the landlord's multiple attempts to contact an officer at the Radford Police Department, a warrant was falsely put out for the arrest of the landlord for embezzlement.

The landlord was arrested on July 9, 2025 due to a false warrant for embezzlement. The charges were dropped and no evidence was ever presented to the landlord. Two separate complaints were submitted to Radford Police Chief Jerry Holdaway.

• The caregiver asked to place some of their belongings in the landlord's storage unit on July 19, 2024, left the property on July 22, 2024, and accused the landlord of theft by July 25, 2024(2).
  • The caregiver was told by the landlord that he would be unavailable during the sale of the house and she would be contacted after the sale of the house to make arrangements for her to get her belongings from the storage unit.
  • The caregiver never requested access to the storage unit, or their belongings, before going to the police.(2).
  • The sale of the house closed on July 30, 2024.
  • After the caregiver continued to harass the landlord, and the police continued to ignore him, the caregiver received her belongings from the landlord's storage unit on August 21, 2024(2)(3) and continued to harass the landlord afterwards(2)(3).
• The Radford Police Department accepted false reports of the caregiver claiming that the landlord's property was foreclosed upon and the landlord was homeless.
• The Radford Police Department accepted false reports from the former tenant/caregiver identifying themselves as the landlord's "caretaker" after the caregiver's employment was terminated on July 17, 2024.
  • New River Valley Community Services previously documented, but failed to report, fraud by the caregiver in 2022.
  • New River Valley Community Services documented that the caregiver had previously stated to the landlord that they would "use her rights as a squatter to keep his house" in 2023.
  • New River Valley Community Services documented the caregiver refusing to remove their belongings from the property on July 17, 2024.(2)
  • New River Valley Community Services documented that the sale of the house was moved because "everything was not out of the house" on July 19, 2024.
  • New River Valley Community Services documented the caregiver being hostile towards the landlord on July 22, 2024.
  • The caregiver admitted to picking up the landlord's mail, including a letter from the Social Security Administration, without their permission after caregiving services were terminated and they were asked to leave the property.
  • The caregiver has admitted to taking the landlord's personal belongings without their permission.(2)
  • The caregiver presented themselves as the owner of the property to the real estate agent.
• The Radford Police Department accepted false reports of the caregiver claiming to have "shared access" to the landlord's storage unit without a copy of the lease or a key to the storage unit.
  • New River Valley Community Services witnissed and documented that the caregiver requested to store belongings in the landlord's storage unit.
  • New River Valley Community Services documented that the caregiver didn't make arrangements to get her belongings and that they would assist in scheduling a time for her to get her belongings.
• The Radford Police Department contacted the landlord by email and then ignored emails from the landlord that included reports of harassment and abuse.
  • New River Valley Community Services documented the landlord's multiple attempts to contact the Radford Police Department and Robert Stultz.(2)
• During the first closing on the sale of the home, the caretaker called the landlord every 15 minutes to ask, "How much are you giving me?"
  • Before going to the police, the caregiver sent text messages claiming, "I have things to do and I need you to pay me." No money was owed.
  • The caregiver requested money in October of 2024.
• The landlord's motorcycle was found mutilated in a ditch by the Pulaski County Sheriffs on October 11, 2024.(2)(3)(4)
• The Radford Police Department refused to accept reports from the landlord of the caregivers false statements to them.

Official Response: Radford Police Chief Jerry Holdaway has received, and is aware of, our complaints but does not recognize any "criminal activity" in the evidence we've provided, including GRAND THEFT AUTO.