Jefferson Parish Sheriffs have arrested a well known local-area interior designer after an elderly couple accused her of taking payments for work she never performed.
Stacy McClellan, aka Stacy Ivasic, is reportedly facing additional fraud charges in Tennessee.
According to the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate, McClellan, owner of NOLA Interior Design, was taken into custody in December and charged January 3rd.
McClellan facing four counts of bank fraud and theft of more than $25,000. She is also charged with additional counts accusing her of theft between $1,000 and $24,999. An additional pair of charges for exploiting the infirmed round out her sheet.
Captain Jason Rivarde says the Metairie couple initially contacted JPSO in October. They stated in 2018 they had contracted McClellan to purchase furnishings for a home they were building in Lafourche Parish. When they met, McClellan identified herself as Stacy Ivasic and said she was the owner of NOLA Interior Design. They paid her over $57,000 in four checks written between July and September 2018 but never received their furniture.
JPSO's investigation also uncovered four complaints filed in 2019 with the Better Business Bureau, with one grievence saying McClellan demanded an upfront payment of $9,000 and never provided any services or items.
New Orleans Police arrested McClellan in December 2018 and charged her with theft. She plead guilty in October last year, sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution.
JPSO says a warrant for her arrest was sworn out November 12th and it was learned she was in Nashville at the time. She was arrested a month later in Nashville and extradited to Jefferson Parish where she was charged.
Nashville investigators arrested McClellan in January 2019 and charged her with felony theft over $10,000. She was rebooked on an additional charge in May.
After being taken into custody McClellan bonded out of Jefferson Parish Correction Center on $60,000 bail.
The Sheriff's Office suspects additional victims may exist in the New Orleans area.