David Lee Merryman, 58, of Hampton, is being held at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail on charges that he violated tenants' rights with race-based threats of eviction.
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A landlord who owns dozens of properties in Newport News and Hampton was hit this week with numerous federal fraud charges, accusing him of race-based threats and lying to the government to get pandemic-related housing benefits.