Torrance rental scammer gets prison
A man who collected rent for a Torrance apartment he didn't own was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison.
Steven Michael Kelley, 32, of Torrance, previously pleaded no contest to two theft charges.
He was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, according to a court clerk.
Kelley was arrested Oct. 14 for collecting a $1,275 deposit from someone who answered his rental advertisement on Craigslist for a unit in a complex in the 2100 block of West 182nd Street, according to police.
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