# Related parties — friends/neighbors flagged by the owner

Anchored to primary county records. Confidence labeled. **Not legal advice.**


## 1. Thomas P. & Lissa B. Wayne (Wayne Family Trust) — AFFECTED (in the cluster)
- **Parcel:** **R32904-556-0660** (PID 665159), **"Lot C, Short Plat 24-91"** (V2 SP P335 AF#92001075),
  in **Section 4, T29N R3E**. Total assessor value ~**$875,264**.
- **Owners of record:** **Thomas P. Wayne, Trustee** and **Lissa B. Wayne, Trustee** (held in the
  Wayne family trust); mailing **4812 Lucy Ln, Langley, WA 98260**.
- **Clean chain:** last conveyance **Warranty Deed #4465689 (06/11/2019)** from Berry Trustee → Wayne
  Trustee; 7 documents total, all legitimate. No stranger-grantor activity.
- **Why involved:** their parcel is classed **WITHIN** the affected cluster and sits in **Section 4**,
  which **Schermer's fraudulent QCD #4583924** blankets ("Lots 3 and 4, and SW¼NW¼ of **Section 4** …
  T29N R3E"). Whether the metes of Lot C overlap Schermer's claimed Section-4 lots is the same
  **plat-overlay question** the title examiner must confirm — but their property is inside the affected
  area and should be treated as clouded, same as the subjects and Neis.
- **Name note:** "Bartlett" in the fraudulent deeds is a **legal citation** ("Collins v. Bartlett,
  44 Cal. 371 (1872)"), NOT a person. If Lissa's maiden/prior name is Bartlett, that is unrelated to
  the deeds' Bartlett citation. (Confidence: the Wayne trust ownership is VERIFIED from assessor data;
  any "Bartlett" identity link is owner-supplied and not needed for the case.)

## 2. Paul A. Neis & Stephanie Madsen-Neis — AFFECTED; brought the matter to the neighborhood
- **Parcel:** **R32905-532-4810** (PID 604858), **"Lot 7, Short Plat 82-33"**, **Section 5, T29N R3E**;
  assessor value ~**$743,273**; mailing **4856 Aquila Dr, Langley, WA 98260**.
- **Clean chain:** legitimate BECU mortgage history (QCD #20031885 in 2001; multiple BECU deeds of
  trust; Substitution of Trustee **#4588122**, 07/11/2025). No stranger-grantor activity.
- **Why involved:** Section 5 is directly named in **Schermer QCD #4583924** ("**Lot 1 of Section 5**,
  T29N R3E"); Neis's parcel is in the affected cluster alongside the subject parcels.
- **Credit:** Paul Neis identified the malicious filings and alerted neighbors, initiating the response
  that led to Island County Sheriff fraud **case #26-I10572** (Det. Bo Miller) and the Auditor/Prosecutor
  **LAR** to quiet the deeds.
- **Current case state (as known):** matter is at the **investigation stage** — Sheriff case
  **#26-I10572** open; **LAR** submitted via the Prosecutor (through Auditor Sheilah Crider) to quiet
  the two "INVALID DEED"-annotated QCDs; **no Island County Superior Court case filed yet**. Title
  companies are declining to insure transactions in the area until the deeds are cleared.