The Lacey Nicole Montgomery Case -
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| Tennesseean Lacey Nicole Montgomery Grifter/Scammer in Western North Carolina SAR Team Sierra 55 leader. #RockHope "Church". |
Just 10 Days before the United States Election for President between Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris a storm hit the Southeastern portion of the country with a devastation never seen before in our lifetime!
- Hurricane Helene (/hɛˈliːn/ ⓘ heh-LEEN)[2] was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. A number of valley communities in the Appalachians in Western North Carolina were devastated and left isolated by raging torrents of rainwater and debris funneled by the mountains and hills into low-lying areas.
- Rainfall in Western North Carolina over the course of three days ranged from 12 inches to more than 31.3 inches. Another State report said the storm dumped 33 inches of water. NOAA reported more than 40 Trillion Gallons of water fell, and that Helene and other storms dumped enough rain on the Southeast the week of the storm to fill 60 million Olympic swimming pools!
Many of us see, Hurricane Hell, as I call it, being a deliberate attack on the people of the Red States just days before the election was to take place. Just as such devastation brings out every "opportunist" looking to make a buck and exploit the victims of such a catastrophe, like the thugs going around threatening people and absconding with their property. Alerts have gone out about thieves stealing anything they can get their hands on, even from donation centers and reselling them online. The news headline alone reporting the storm being of "biblical proportions" or a once in a thousand year storm would bring those thieves, thugs and grifters out of the wood work! And, this has proven to be the case. Case in point, Lacey Nicole Montgomery, Eastern Tennessee/Western North Carolina self appointed lead of SAR TEAM (Search & Recovery as she calls it) Sierra 55 (named by Travis as far as I can determine). I will outline my experience in connecting the dots in this case of deception.
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| The only reference I could find researching Sierra 55 was this reference in a facebook post...nothing else. Note: There is no link to the claim the group was "fake" or the apology mentioned only the Donation Site. |
Since I first became aware of the devastating hurricane I searched every few days for "boots on the ground" reporting as to find testimony/evidence of what happened and the people experiencing it. In fact, I produced my own video on October 4, 2024 entitled "Taking Asheville". Visit the link and visit the other helpful links in the Description box below the Video. I found several videos between the day the storm hit and the day I produced my video, but I began watching videos from people who actually lived in the storm damaged areas. The first video I watched was on November 13, 2024. This begins my documenting Lacey Montgomery's "claim to fame" in the hurricane disaster zone. The video was uploaded and filmed by the guy who created the "Real Estate Mindset" Channel on YouTube. I discovered his name is Travis. He tells us that he promoted to be, and gained "credibility" by calling himself an "Investigative cinematographer". From what I can gather, Travis left his home state of Texas to venture off to East Tennessee, Erwin area, where he begins personal interviews with several members of a group in his video "Erwin Tennessee Is Gone". I have since learned that one of the individuals featured in the video. Jonathan Parker on behalf of Laurel Taylor (Phony SAR Members), is the one who started the GoFundMe for the SAR Group Sierra 55.
Lacey Montgomery reported that she traveled with a group of over 300 members from Tennessee to North Carolina. A group so large traveling together should have been quite a sight, and should have been a feature on the mainstream news, but there is no mention of it. The next thing you see is Lacey being interviewed by Travis on some property she claims was given to her for two weeks in order to set up "operations" as leader of her self proclaimed SAR Team named Sierra 55 by Travis. Here are just a few things that I would describe as Red Flags after watching videos she was featured in.
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| Lacey Nicole Montgomery's First Apperance In Western North Carolina on Real Estate Mindset/Travis' Channel. |
🚩Red Flags -
- 🚩She tells Travis she has three children, lives in Sevierville, Tennessee; apparently this area was hit just as hard as North Carolina, yet she leaves her home state to go to Carolina!
- 🚩Lacey claims that other volunteers approached her while helping to off-load supplies and in the response to help locals in Western North Carolina that people approached her asking for assignments because the local heads were unable to organize individuals in the response effort. . . therefore she took charge and became the self important leader and organized this SAR Team Sierra 55 from other "bugged out" members, or members who left after their dogs were exhausted or dead!
- 🚩Lacey tells Travis she and her team would be in North Carolina for at least a year. I don't know any mother's that would deliberately leave their Children for a year! In a video where she tried to defend her rag-tag "team" she claims she spent donation funds to pay for her rent, and other utilities etc. in her Tennessee apartment where her children are staying with "renters". Lacey never mentions WHO is caring for her children in her absence. She claims to be 34 and her children are in the 18 - 20 year range; if she is 34 and has say an 18 year old, that would make her 16 when she had the youngest child. This could be true, but I find no evidence of that. She states that she has a companion/boy friend in this SAR Group, but there is no mention of the father of the children or grandparents that may be overseeing the children's care; although she does mention when asked by Travis, "why are you so awesome"? She replies, "a lot of my exes will say, I don't know about that". She gave an answer during an interview where she said "people ask me why I care so much"? Her answer, "I don't know, why don't you"?
- 🚩In one of the videos featuring Lacey, she asks viewers in the area to "donate a piece of land" to her; this would be, at the very least thousands of dollars, if not TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars. . . WEIRD!
- 🚩She reported she purchased a Drone for the team, but it sits on the desk during the video and she tells everyone that it does not compare to the drones of the official rescuers.
- 🚩In her first appearance in video she acts and sounds like she's been in the military, but never mentions serving.
- 🚩Lacey tells us that she is a Psych and Marketing Major who left her job 2 weeks ago to help in the recovery efforts.
- 🚩Lacey spent time at the Live Stock Regional Center (Featured in the Appalachian YouTube Channel). She has just spent her last dollar (recorded a month ago).
- 🚩Lacey relates a story about a woman with disabilities losing her wedding rings and "just wanting Dr. Pepper and Granola Bars". She says she wants to take some of the donation funds, or she'll take some gold rings, to replace the woman's loss. This woman has posted a comment on several videos about Lacey and stated that she was the person Lacy was referencing and tells everyone how Lacey lied about her. I will post a photo of the comment below.
- 🚩Lacey claims that she was responsible for Cadaver Teams dying that she "called in"; that "boots were disintegrating and that a woman suffered serious burns all over her body after taking a shower with the contaminated water".
- 🚩She "conveniently" allows her Web Site to expire just before she heads out to work with this SAR Team project . . . wouldn't you want a landing site for a project such as this? I am assuming the Web Site was for the Rock Hope "Charity" she claims to be affiliated with. She could have paid her Web Site Fees with her first donation.
- 🚩She claims the deaths are in the 10,000's of thousands NOT the 200's (and this may actually be true). Lacey also claims CPS is taking children from their parents.
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| Comment from Shanz601 telling the truth about Lacey Montgomery. |
Let me just say that I think the reason Travis started reporting on the Hurricane Hell(ene) Disaster from a Real Estate/Tax centric Channel is he saw how effective Eric West from his Maui Hawaii Real Estate Channel was in his effort to report the #Truth about what happened during the Maui Fire Disaster. Eric raised a lot of money through donations to support the local churches and individuals that were trying to support the locals after the disaster. Eric documented his donation funds being presented to local churches to silence all who were criticizing him for collecting funds. Travis seems to be an "opportunist", and as far as I am concerned a grifter in his own right. Who knows, he could be a tool of the CIA; we'll have to wait for things to shake out to find the truth, but his protesting after Lacey being exposed by The Aeroponic Tower Channel is evidence something is amiss here, where he makes all sorts of accusations against Steffenie without knowing any of the facts about her!
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| Steffenie - The Aeroponic Tower Channel alerts everyone of the Lacey Montgomery FRAUD! |
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| The Aeroponic Tower Channel telling everyone to watch out for fraudster Lacey Montgomery and her SAR Team. |
Now let's expose the other Grifters associated with Lacey Montgomery.
- Nolan Quinton - 22 years old, I think this is the man Lacey is claiming as her "companion" as she is seen wearing his dark Aviator Sunglasses on an overcast day when she meets with Steffenie and Billy from Perma Pastures Farm at Steffenie's Tiny Home Donation Project location. Nolan is from Florida, apparently his vehicle was left in South Carolina when he came to help and was first helping unload donated supplies at the Fire Station when the volunteers were disbanded and he hooked up with James and went from a "water carrier" to Sierra 55 SAR Team member. According to Lacey, Nolan is "SAR Certified, but not with bodies".
- James Errette Dougherty - Supposedly has a certified cadaver dog; never seen on film at work looking for bodies. The dog takes a lot of time off and gets a lot of strokes while lying around and taking appointments with the Vet. James asks for someone to donate a 4x4/Side-by-Side so they can travel to search for remains. His vehicle has problems and does not have reverse.
- Johnathan Parker - 17 years old. He tells us in one video he is from Asheville North Carolina, in the other video he tells us he comes from Florida; they look to be the same person in the three videos in which a "Johnathan" is interviewed by Travis, and the "organizer" of a GoFundMe, supposedly for Laurel Taylor.
- Laurel Taylor - Reported by Johnathan to be the Teams Logistics Director, Blonde woman who when asked a question by Travis fakes a phone call and disappears to take it. This is the woman Johnathan sets up the GoFundMe in the name of.
- Juni - What appears to be a Chinese man with a southern accent.
- Mindy Barrett - Reported Industrial Construction Worker. Claims to be "helping" the SAR Team Leader, no name is mentioned. The purple haired women asks for donations of "enclosed 4x4's, Side-by-Sides, "send Dogs, Money and Supplies delivered to my house".
- Lewis (Louis) - Needs Equipment and a F150.
- Travis Spencer - Lives in Texas. Creator of the Real Estate Mindset Channel. Travis has made at least two trips to the Hurricane devastated areas, first to Tennessee, then to North Carolina. The last time he showed up was in haste to defend Lacey after being "outed" as a FRAUD! He defended Lacey by claiming Steffenie defrauded/scammed her. He himself told all kinds of lies about Steffenie, which could have been avoided had he listened/watched the videos posted by The Aeroponic Tower Channel.
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| Nolan Quinton "SAR TEAM Sierra 55" Grifter Group sporting Aviator Sunglasses Lacey Montgomery was seen wearing in a video with Steffenie and Billy on an overcast day. |
Other people appeared in videos by Travis, but the parts they played and their needs are not disclosed. These people include Cameron, John and Kathy; not sure of the spelling it could be Cathy? There were two men featured in an actual search and rescue deployment, Tim and Gregg Roth (Helicopter owner/pilots from a touring company) and Charlie Golden a professional drone pilot; both Gregg and Charlie actually gave their credentials before performing the reconescence mission. I believe James, Nolan and others from the phony SAR Team just happened on the scene to gain "street cred" from the men operating the equipment, since Lacey made claims that they had Helicopters and Drones.
A Nurse from North Carolina visited the "SAR TEAM" Sierra 55 at their headquarters and reported back to Steffenie from Aeroponic Tower stating:
"I am a North Carolina Nurse that contacted them through email. Met at their AirBnB this morning. As a Nurse with 25 years in Medical and Recovery fields, Lacey and her people there were not sober at 8:00 a.m. this morning, and I am very disturbed! I only stayed 45 minutes but got enough of the picture to need to get away from them. Her boyfriend was definitely on Meth or some kind of Speed. Super dark and shady. Breaks my heart that they are taking money and using it to get high and yell about all they are doing, when in actuality they are just living off good people. I met the guy who bought them the AirBnB. There is more I can say, but that is plenty. Lacy(sp?), I hope you find sobriety and don't end up in jail for this. Just stop lying . . . stop accepting money that should go to Samaritans Purse or other reputable helpers. It doesn't matter what you say or scream. You may have helped one or two, but you are not what you say. Stop while you can"!
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| North Carolina Nurse tells what she experienced visiting SAR Team Headquarters in a local AirBnB. |
Lacey Montgomery and her group are never shown actually doing anything search and rescue/recovery related. They are never seen in dirty clothes, like the others who are actually doing "the work". There has not been any proof of helping anyone! The group, I believe, is larger than those pictured in the GoFundMe photo above, since there was an older women interviewed in the original SAR Team video by Travis. There was a young man sitting not far from this woman; I witnessed what we call "dupe and delight" in a few members in that video. Lacey does a lot of talking. And, in the process trying to dupe people into believing they are legit, without actually answering any of the questions asked; in one instance in the Livestream now deleted, she begins to address the question but abruptly stops and spews a bunch of nonsense. I believe she sported the Aviator Sunglasses to, at the very least, hide her deception, and at the very worst, hide the fact that she had been drinking or doing drugs. One thing is for sure, she is trying to use others who have a following on social media to legitimize herself because she only has 45 followers on YouTube and her WNC Video, at the time I watched it, it only had about 700 Views. She only has one video published, but she is scamming people through her facebook profile . . . wonder why Zuckerberg lets these scammers remain on his platform when so many other patriots have been deplatformed? Travis calls Lacey Montgomery "an American Hero", this is deception at its best, or at its worst. Whatever you do, BEWARE OF THE GRIFTERS!
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| Click Bait Ads from Real Estate Mindset/Travis' YouTube Channel. |
I am uploading video to my Archive.org Channel if you want to check out the video relating to this subject. I will update this article with a playlist when the videos are uploaded.
Another Scammer/Grifter Exposed!
Play List -
Biblical Disaster From Hurricane Helene | Search And Recovery
THEY DID IT Hurricane Helene Insurmountable Opposition | Sierra 55
THEY LIED ABOUT The Mountain Towns | Hurricane Helene FRAUD
The Devastating Truth Tennessee And Hurricane Helene (SAR Team Sierra 55)
Please Share with everyone you know.
⚠️ December 11, 2024 9:10 p.m. I have since found Court Records of a Lacey Nicole Montgomery of Tennessee DOB 3/26/1987, which would make her 37 not 34. It appears to be a lot of DUI's, Reckless Driving, Probation, Violations, Drivers License Suspended, some resulting in serving time.
Police: Suspected drunk driver causes crash on I-65
Lacey Montgomery Social Media Sites -
She uses the name Gingersnap.
https://www.threads.net/@gingersnap615
https://www.instagram.com/gingersnap615/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lacey-nicole-montgomery-1b7b8b45/
https://recentlybooked.com/TN/Sevier/LACEY-MONTGOMERY~3186_MLN37WF09032024
UPDATE -
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| Click the Photo to Watch the Video. |
Watch Expose' On Sierra 55 -
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| James Errette Daugherty Arrest January 4, 2025 |
Links -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Helene
https://www.britannica.com/event/Hurricane-Helene
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/connect-the-dots/hurricane-helene-staggering-rainfall-totals-40-trillion-gallons-southeast/275-1d89b170-8288-43e8-9d8b-126b54a0f1f9
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6362775475112
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-election-2024/story/us-president-joe-biden-kamala-harris-visited-south-carolina-north-carolina-georgia-hurricane-helene-assess-devastation-2610520-2024-10-03
https://www.bitchute.com/video/EyudhHv3Bcbp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevierville,_Tennessee
https://youtu.be/pYpiIo2aS-s?si=0tNRN-8_SvybYHW5&t=19
https://sci.ccc.nashville.gov/Search/CriminalHistory?P_CASE_IDENTIFIER=LACEY%5EMONTGOMERY%5E03261987%5E328283
https://archive.org/details/important-is-she-a-scammer-he-wrapped-himself-in-insulation-slept-in-a-chicken-coop-to-survive
https://mypatriotsnetwork.com/fake-s-a-r-lacey-nicole-montgomery-scamming-helene-victims-spreadthis/
https://www.threads.net/@gingersnap615
https://www.instagram.com/gingersnap615/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lacey-nicole-montgomery-1b7b8b45/
https://recentlybooked.com/TN/Sevier/LACEY-MONTGOMERY~3186_MLN37WF09032024
https://www.bitchute.com/video/CcpCggDUeEQx
https://archive.org/details/they-did-it-hurricane-helene-insurmountable-opposition-sierra-55
https://archive.org/details/they-lied-about-the-mountain-towns-hurricane-helene-fraud
https://archive.org/details/the-devastating-truth-tennessee-and-hurricane-helene-sar
https://www.wkrn.com/news/crime-tracker/police-suspected-drunk-driver-causes-crash-on-i-65/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/UOifjYtSlMca
https://bustednewspaper.com/kentucky/daugherty-james-errette/20250114-204400/
https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2010/title-40/chapter-9/40-9-103/
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