Raleigh woman who claims to help veterans makes first court appearance

SHE SAYS SHE WAS

DOING EVERYTHING

SHE COULD --

>>> SHE SAID SHE

WAS DOING

EVERYTHING SHE

COULD TO HELP

VETERANS FIND

HOUSING.

>> AMANDA LAMB

SPOKE WITH THAT

WOMAN AT THE CENTER

OF THIS

CONTROVERSY.

>>Reporter: I SPOKE

WITH BROWN AS SHE

LEFT THE COURTROOM

ON THE WAY TO THE

ELEVATORS TODAY.

AND JUST AS SHE WAS

GETTING IN THE

ELEVATOR, SHE TOLD

ME SHE'S DONE

NOTHING WRONG AND

SHE FEELS LIKE

SHE'S GOING TO BE

VINDICATED.

IT WAS SUPPOSED --

FOR SERVICE MEN AND

WOMEN.

>> I HEARD THE

WARNING BELLS, BUT

I WAS CONCERNED

ABOUT GETTING A

PLACE FOR MY

BROTHER THAT I JUST

KIND OF IGNORED IT.

UNTIL IT WAS JUST

TOO LATE.

>> DOROTHY LITTLE

PAID $2,000 TO RENT

AN APARTMENT FOR

HER BROTHER, A

VETERAN FROM WENDY

BROWN.

>> THAT MEANS YOU

HAVE THE RIGHT TO

HAVE A LAWYER

REPRESENT YOU.

>> IT TURNS OUT

BROWN HAD NO LEGAL

RIGHT TO RENT THE

PROPERTY.

SHE REFUSED TO

RETURN LITTLE'S

MONEY.

AND IS CHARGED WITH

OBTAINING PROPERTY

BY FALSE PRETENSES.

>> SO YOU'RE

ACCUSED OF RENTING

AN APARTMENT YOU

DON'T HAVE RIGHTS

TO, BUT YOU'RE

SAYING THAT DIDN'T

HAPPEN.

>> IF THEY LOOK --

>> BROWN SAYS THE

OWNERS WERE IN THE

PROCESS OF REMOVING

HER AS PROPERTY

MANAGER AND IT WAS

UP TO THEM TO

RETURN THE MONEY.

>> THEY WERE

COMPLETELY UNDER

LEASE.

>> I THINK IT GOES

A LOT DEEPER.

>> THIS FORMER

TENANT OF BROWN'S

WHO DOESN'T WANT TO

BE IDENTIFIED FOR

FEAR OF

RETALIATION, SPOKE

TO FUQUA ARENA

POLICE ABOUT

BROWN'S BUSINESS

PRACTICES.

>> WE HAD NO SEWER

AND ELECTRICITY.

>> SHE HAD TOLD THE

OWNERS WE WERE NOT

PAYING RENT AND

WERE TRYING TO GET

US EVACUATED

BECAUSE WE WERE

ONTO WHAT SHE WAS

DOING.

>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY

OTHER ISSUES WITH

TENANTS?

>> I LOVE MY

TENANTS AND I HAVE

DONE EVERYTHING I

COULD FOR THEM.

>> WE LEARNED THAT

BROWN HAD SEVERAL

CIVIL JUDGMENTS

AGAINST HER.

THE FAMILY THAT

OWNED THAT PROPERTY

IN QUESTION IN

FUQUA ARENA, THEY

SUED HER AND WON.

THE JUDGE RULED SHE

HAD NO RIGHT TO

RENT THAT PROPERTY.

AMANDA LAMB, WRAL

NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> FUQUA ARENA

POLICE SAID SHE

SPOKE TO TENANTS IN

OUR STORY ABOUT

BROWN'S BUSINESS

DEALINGS, HOWEVER,

DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH

EVIDENCE TO FILE

CRIMINAL CHARGES

UNTIL THE LITTLE'S

CASE.

>>> A FIRST