Serial lease dodger arrested for fraud, possession of stolen property

Police direct Nadav Even-Har, who made the records after he left an N.S. landlord hundreds of bucks in debt, faces new prices for allegedly refusing to pay a hotel bill and possessing a stolen rental automobile.

A man who’s been accused by several Nova Scotian landlords of running up hundreds of bucks in cash owed is now facing  prices after police direct he refused to pay for a hotel dwell and did now not attain aid a rental automobile.

Nadav Joseph Even-Har, 40, used to be arrested on Wednesday evening for fraud and possession of stolen property. He would maybe be facing three prices of theft beneath $5,000 associated to excellent warrants in Antigonish County.

RCMP Sgt. Jadie Spence mentioned police got a myth about a man who refused to pay for his hotel dwell at a enterprise on Bell Boulevard in Dartmouth. The person fled before officers arrived.

Spence mentioned officers realized that the suspect had rented a automobile from a enterprise at the Halifax airport on Nov. 22 and beneath no circumstances returned it.

“[Hotel staff] most incessantly suggested us, ‘Oh, right here is the form of automobile it is,’ and then we went to the automobile rental agencies to appear if anybody had rented a associated form automobile, and then that’s when his title got right here up,” he mentioned.

He mentioned officers located the suspect shut to Commodore Power in Dartmouth. Even-Har used to be charged with fraud associated to the unpaid hotel bill, and possession of stolen property over $5,000 associated to the rental automobile.

Spence mentioned Even-Har also faces three prices of theft beneath $5,000 associated to excellent warrants in Antigonish County.

Even-Har used to be remanded into custody. He seemed in Dartmouth provincial court docket on Thursday and is scheduled for a bail hearing Friday morning, Spence mentioned.

‘Nightmare’ tenant

CBC News has previously reported on Even-Har’s dealings with Cole Harbour landlord Jason Selby, who mentioned Even-Har owes him hundreds of bucks in unpaid lease. 

Two of Even-Har’s mature landlords shared associated tales with CBC News, no doubt one of whom described Even-Har as a “nightmare to address” in a letter to the RCMP.

As of Dec. 9, the Nova Scotia RCMP mentioned they had been having a glance into Selby’s complaint, but Spence may maybe perchance now not provide an change on this affirm case.

He mentioned Even-Har now faces a filled with 17 prices, at the side of the new prices:

• Seven prices of fraud
• Two prices of possession of stolen property
• Four prices of theft beneath $5,000
• Two prices of uttering a forged myth
• Two prices of counterfeit pretences 

Primarily based on Nova Scotia court docket records, Even-Har has lots of convictions for forgery and theft.

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