JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville woman was arrested Friday on multiple outstanding warrants tied to a years-long rental scam that authorities said left several victims out of hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Saderria Johnson, 34, was taken into custody on July 3 after a traffic stop on Arlington Road, according to arrest report documents.
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Officers stopped the vehicle because a front-seat passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. The report said an officer recognized the passenger as Johnson, asked her name, and she confirmed she was Saderria. Johnson was detained without incident and transported to the Pretrial Detention Facility on active warrants that stemmed from at least four separate incidents dating back to April 2023.
According to the arrest reports, Johnson posed as a landlord or property manager and advertised rental homes on Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Messenger — properties she did not own or have the authority to lease.
Pattern of alleged fraud
In the first reported incident in April 2023, a woman said she found a home at 8822 Dandy Ave. listed for rent online and contacted Johnson — who went by the Facebook name “Puu Glitz” — about leasing it. The report said she paid Johnson and moved in with her children and the children’s father. A representative from JWB Rental Homes later told Smith that the property was not under any lease and that her family was trespassing, according to the report. Smith requested her money back from Johnson. Authorities listed $665 as evidence in that case.
A second incident, dated April 20, 2023, involved a woman who contacted Johnson through Facebook Marketplace about an apartment at 909 Bert St. According to the arrest report, Hughes agreed to lease the apartment after Johnson showed it to her virtually. When Hughes arrived at the property later that evening, she found two men outside smoking crack. She was later contacted by the landlord and told the lease was a scam. More than $1,154 was listed as stolen in connection with that case. Johnson was charged with conspiracy to commit organized fraud and obtaining personal property with intent to defraud in connection with that incident.
A third case, from May 2023, involved a vacant home at 3531 Cesery Blvd. Officers responding to a burglary-in-progress call found two men inside the residence who said they had been paying rent to Johnson, the report said. The homeowner told officers the home had been vacant for about two years and was undergoing renovation. A man identified Johnson as his cousin and led investigators to a Patriot Plaza apartment complex where he believed she lived, but officers were unable to locate Johnson there, according to the report. A subpoena of CashApp records later linked Johnson to payments sent to her account, listed as “$envypuu,” the report said.
In a fourth and more recent case, filed in 2026, a victim said she was scammed out of $1,150 — $750 and an additional $400, both sent via Zelle — after Saderria Johnson allegedly posed as an employee of “B G Realty” and offered her a rental property at 5433 Sanders Road. According to the arrest report, the victim later received an eviction notice addressed to a different name and contacted Johnson, who was unresponsive. The report notes that B G Realty is also the subject of a separate fraud investigation being handled by the Florida Attorney General’s Office.
Johnson faces several felony and misdemeanor charges across the four cases, including:
- Hiring or leasing property with intent to defraud (F3) — multiple counts
- Conspiracy to commit organized fraud ($20,000 or less) (F3)
- Obtaining personal property with intent to defraud (under $300) (M2)
- Communications fraud (F3)
A lease or rental manager for JWB Real Estate Capital is listed as a witness across multiple cases.
Fuller told investigators he was familiar with Johnson from prior similar incidents and confirmed that access to the company’s rental properties is electronically controlled through a platform called ShowMojo, where prospective tenants submit a photo ID and phone number to schedule viewings.