Flynn Realty Inc. properties
The Huber Heights priest who resigned amid a police investigation into financial irregularities at his church accumulated hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal debt from unpaid taxes and court judgments on property he owned and businesses he operated during his 23 years as pastor, a Dayton Daily News investigation found
The Rev. Earl Simone's company, Flynn Realty Inc., owns 31 residential and commercial properties. His Flynn Systems Inc. also operated a now defunct Vandalia restaurant called The Bagel Shoppe A Gourmet Sandwich Shoppe from the late 1990s until 2006. Simone was pastor at St. Peter Catholic Church for 23 years until he resigned in April. Explore those properties below.
Paying for property
Residential and commercial property purchased by the Rev. Earl Simone or his company, Flynn Realty, in Huber Heights and Troy 1994-2014.
| Year | Price paid |
|---|---|
| 1994 | $414,700 |
| 1995 | $48,710 |
| 2003 | $437,700 |
| 2004 | $696,600 |
| 2005 | $136,900 |
| 2007 | $856,441 |
| 2008 | $114,750 |
| 2012 | $48,100 |
| 2014 | $51,900 |
| TOTAL | $2,805,801 |
Reporting: Lynn Hulsey / Source: Montgomery County Recorder, Treasurer, Auditor and Common Pleas Court; Ohio Attorney General / Top photo: This commercial building owned by the Rev. Earl Simone's Flynn Realty houses a Super Subbys and a dance studio. Flynn had multiple property tax delinquencies on the property but is now current on the taxes. Photo by Ty Greenlees / Published: May 10, 2015
NOTES
- One of three properties included in a 2013 $422,866 Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judgment against Simone and Flynn Realty for non-payment of debt. Judgment vacated after settlement with lender.
- Commercial building houses Super Subbys and Dayton Dance Conservatory.
- Rev. Earl Simone resigned as pastor amid a police investigation of financial irregularities at St. Peter Catholic Church in Huber Heights.
- This business was the source of multiple court judgments and tax liens, all of which have been released after payment.
- Number of zoning or property maintenance code violations since 2000. All are resolved. A property Flynn Realty no longer owns on Kingsbury had one violation.