A new settlement with Hampton Roads landlord David Merryman — who is currently serving a 17-year sentence for defrauding the federal government — means several of his former tenants will receive a piece of $2.5 million in financial compensation over the next year.
Merryman must sell his Virginia properties, numbering over 60, and can never operate as a landlord in the state again, Attorney General Jay Jones reiterated at a roundtable discussion with some of Merryman’s former tenants Wednesday in Hampton.
The settlement money can help Lorraine Patterson-Davidson and her daughter Edwina Patterson recoup some of the financial damages caused by Merryman that resulted in their displacement, the women said…