WEST FARGO — A co-founder of a West Fargo business that builds custom households has been accused of embezzling dollars from his have company and breaking into his father-in-law’s creating.
Jacob Levi Manly, 38, of Horace, appeared April 6 in Cass County District Courtroom on felony expenses of misapplying entrusted home and burglary. Court docket files alleged he illegally transferred extra than $70,000 from his business enterprise, Limelight Builders, into his personal account amongst January 2021 and January 2022.
Limelight was started in 2016, according to Discussion board archives. It pledged a part of its profits to spot nonprofit corporations for homelessness and cost-effective housing,
the report mentioned.
Manly started the company with his wife, Ashley Manly, and Landon Fetzer.
The organization, 3255 Oak Ridge Loop E. in West Fargo, shares house with Bastille Venture Partners, a home management corporation owned by Ashley Manly’s father, Mark Anderson. Anderson also owns the constructing, according to the criticism.
Jacob Manly advised law enforcement he and his wife partly owned Bastille, but Anderson explained that wasn’t correct, in accordance to the complaint. The Manlys ended up specified an prospect to develop into component owners, but they declined, Anderson claimed in the criticism.
The two were being terminated from Limelight and did not have any lawful ideal to be in the setting up, according to the grievance. They were being informed to go away by Jan. 5, 2022, and Anderson transformed the locks the up coming day, the criticism stated.
Court docket paperwork alleged Jacob Manly broke into the making in the early hours of Jan. 7, 2022. Jacob Manly observed his vital did not function, turned angry and kicked the doorway, in accordance to the grievance.
Ashley Manly went to the constructing with her spouse to drop her critical off, but she advised police she also went into the setting up to use the rest room, the criticism claimed.
Anderson informed police he believed Jacob Manly was seeking to damage fiscal documents and evidence of the alleged embezzlement, court paperwork said.
Prosecutors have not filed prices from Ashley Manly in this situation.
Jacob Manly’s attorney, Daniel Hopper, did not quickly return a information still left by The Forum.
April Baumgarten joined The Discussion board in February 2019 as an investigative reporter. She grew up on a ranch 10 miles southeast of Belfield, N.D., in which her family raises Hereford cattle. She double majored in communications and background/political science at the University of Jamestown, N.D.