STUART — A Martin County jury tomorrow will likely begin deliberating the case of former Jensen Beach pastor Rodney McGill and his wife, Shalonda McGill, accused of orchestrating a real estate scheme that ended in more than $1 million in foreclosed property from three unwitting investors.
After a week on the other side of the witness stand, the former pastor and real estate investment pitchman took the stand in his own defense Monday, telling a jury that unscrupulous mortgage brokers were the ones to blame for an alleged mortgage scheme that ruined the credit of the women he and Shalonda helped invest in local properties. (more…)

Rodney McGill

Shalonda McGill

A Jensen Beach pastor and his wife face additional charges of theft in an ongoing investigation by the state Department of Financial Services in which the couple is accused of defrauding investors out of $8 million in faulty real estate schemes.

Rodney and Shalonda McGill were arrested in September on allegations of mortgage fraud, grand theft, racketeering and other charges connected to properties they sold to investors as part of the “Fab 5” investment promotion featured on Rodney McGill’s local radio program.

The latest charges, two counts of grand theft in the first degree, stem from two real estate deals in which the McGills’ actions allegedly caused Clarence Fleming and Ella Mae Fleming of Vero Beach to lose more than $100,000 in property and cash. (more…)