Kenith Beniaih Rey admitted trying to steal a $2 million home in Sandy Springs. It was still under construction when he filed a quit claim deed in his name, turned on the power and alarm system, and moved in an armchair and suitcases.
“He was also involved with a co-defendant who was deeply engrained in the organization, a man by the name of Richard Terrance Jenkins,” prosecutor John Melvin told the judge.
Jenkins sat watching in the courtroom. He and Rey were indicted in March along with 10 others. Jenkins is accused of trying to steal six houses. Rey said he was just interested in acquiring foreclosed houses and that Jenkins roped him into the scheme.
“They began to show me some of the properties that they had. I decided to acquire his services,” Rey said.
But the homeowner was able to escape foreclosure, found Rey’s belongings and called Sandy Springs Police.
“It was one home that was an abandoned foreclosure that I was trying to acquire. He was like ‘let me show you how to acquire it,’ and we went down to the courthouse and filed documents which he had provided,” Rey said.
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