Durham landlord discusses FBI raid on rental tied to investigation on self-proclaimed religious leader
YEAR. 26 TO 3. SEE WHAT HAPPENS
THIS TIME.
>> THE GAME STARTS AT 7.30.
NEW TODAY. WE'RE HEARING FROM
THE PERSON WHO OWNS THIS DURHAM
HOME THAT WAS RAIDED BY THE
FBI.
>> FEDERAL AGENTS SAY THE RATE
IS LINKED TO A 50 MILLION
DOLLAR HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING
TIED TO A GLOBAL CHURCH WRAL
INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER
SHARES THE ODD BEHAVIORS.
THE LANDLORD SAYS HE NOTICED
THAT THE RENTAL.
>> SEVERAL BUILDINGS AROUND
THE COUNTRY WERE RAIDED IN
CONNECTION TO THIS
INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING THIS
ONE RIGHT HERE ON SOUTH MIAMI
BOULEVARD IN DURHAM. AS SOON AS
ALL OF THIS HAPPENED, I LOOKED
UP TAX RECORDS TO FIND THE
OWNER AND I GOT HIM ON THE
PHONE. YOU ARE THE OWNER OF 25
23, SOUTH MIAMI BOULEVARD,
RIGHT, JIM? WE'LL FOGG SAYS HE
WAS JUST AS STUNNED AS EVERYONE
ELSE TO SEE THE FBI RAIDING
A HOME. HE OWNS AND HAS RENTED
OUT FOR ROUGHLY 10 YEARS TO A
CHURCH. A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON.
ONE THING THAT IMMEDIATELY
STANDS OUT ABOUT THE PROPERTY
IS HOW FORTIFIED IT IS. THINGS
SAY'S THE LEVEL OF THE FENCE
HIGHER THAN WHAT ALL AGES TIME
THINGS CHANGED. ALL OF THE.
>> BUT WINNING ANY OF THE LOCAL
LIGHTS WHICH SEEMED TO BE ON,
ACCORDING TO FEDERAL FILINGS,
THE RAID WAS PART OF A
NATIONWIDE BUST TIED TO KINGDOM
OF GOD GLOBAL CHURCH CHURCH
EXECUTIVE MICHELLE BRANNON FROM
FLORIDA AND DAVID TAYLOR FROM
DURHAM FACE CHARGES RELATED
TO FORCED LABOR AND MONEY
LAUNDERING. THE DURHAM HOME
WHERE TAYLOR WAS ARRESTED,
DISPLAYS A LARGE BANNER WITH
THE CHURCH NAME. THAT'S
DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE IN THE
FEDERAL INDICTMENT. STATE
FILINGS FOR KINGDOM RESTORATION
CHURCH FOR ALL NATIONS SHOW THE
MAN WHO FOUNDED IT IS THE SAME
MAN WHO LEASES THE MIAMI
BOULEVARD HOME. WRAL
INVESTIGATES IS NOT NAMING HIM
BECAUSE HE IS NOT CHARGED.
HE DID NOT ANSWER THE DOOR.
HE ALSO DID NOT ANSWER MY EMAIL
OR MY CALL. THE HOME'S OWNER
SAYS HE DID NOT KNOW TAYLOR WAS
LIVING AT THE HOUSE TO ANY
TIME. THERE WERE ANY ISSUES
THAT NORMALLY ARE WITH THE
INVOLVED WITH THOSE HOLES MADE
ITS WAY SAYING NO, IT'S CO WITH
SOME FOOD PARTY OR OR SOME
OTHER.
>> I MEAN, IT'S ORGANIZATION.
THEY JUST SAYING THAT HE AND
AMY OF AN ONSHORE AND SARAH
KRUEGER WRAL NEWS.
>> NOW IN THOSE STATE FILINGS
THAT SARAH MENTIONED, WE FOUND
NO CONNECTION BETWEEN DAVID
TAYLOR AND THE CHURCH NAMED ON