b'One of the citys top real estate agents wasAbove/Left: New Years Raffel announce-approached by the family about a ranchment left on menu board at The Landing; property he had listed in the area, and af- Above/Right: Dougan clan preparing to ter making a generous offer, a contract wasgo back on the run after being found out; signed and an escrow check was taken toBelow: Angela Dougan, the Blind Cowgirl, the title company. It was soon discoveredon her horse rescue Twitter/X page.that the Dougans had four contracts, each held with checks for escrow, at the same time, at the same title company. The checks wereallreturnedasforgeries,i.e.fake checks, and not for insufficient funds at le-gitimate banks, as the Dougans had appar-ently learned from prior mistakes.BackinAugust2024,AngelaandDavid Dougan were arrested at home in Flippin for passing hot checks to title companies that totaled over $160,000, in fraudulent efforts tosecurerealestatepurchases.Charged with felonies and released on bail, they are scheduled to appear in court in May. Their next target in Flour Bluff was another ranchBluffsLandingisownedbythe property owner, who happened to be a ca- Hawkins family in Austin, who cast reer real estate agent and whose sons arethemselvesintoapublicrelations well-connected in the tech industry. Duringnightmare when they made the de-the clans tour of her property, attended bycision to close the marina and boat eight family members, the owner noticedramps to the public, in 2024. When their concealed firearms and was put-off bythe Dougans submitted a generous their request to park a horse trailer on heroffer to purchase the property, listed property while they arranged the purchase. at$8million,theHawkinseagerly Politely denying their request, the yellowallowed them access at the end of flags turned red when she began receivingDecember. Theysoldexpiredbeer daily Amazon packages addressed to Caseyat their illegal New Years Eve party, Allison, whose name she later recognizedbilked boat owners out of boat slip on TV as the public relations manager forfees and phony raffel tickets, and the new owners of Bluffs Landing Marina, athen trashed six hotel rooms before few miles up the road and a property thathigh-tailing it out of town with the she once listed for sale. The packages werecops on their arse. The lesson? Too an apparent attempt to establish residency. good to be true always is.84THECOASTALBENDMAGAZINE TheCoastalBend.com'