ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man who took thousands of dollars from a struggling widow will serve prison time.
On Wednesday, a Rockingham County jury found Disie Broadnax guilty of felony obtaining property of false pretenses. He was sentenced to 8-19 months in prison and must pay $4,100 to his victim, who he stole from.
Broadnax scammed the victim into a rent-to-own agreement for a home in Eden that he did not own. He took $4,100 from the victim, claiming he would fix up the house so she and her children could move in within a few months. The $4,100 the victim gave him represented “most” of her life’s savings…