in custody, we can move up a little bit. >> reporter: minutes later, the officers have roused qiana johnsoner bed, and emerge from the house. qiana, gio benitez from abc's "20/20." did you really think you'd be able to convince people this was your house? are you sorry for what you've done? not the way you expected to wake up this morning, huh? i realize its like 3:30 in the morning for you right now, but i just wanted to let you know that qiana was just arrested. shannon was also cuffed and booked, shutting down their alleged scheme, but leaving behind a mess. donnie small and laverne green had to file expensive eviction proceedings to get their houses back. and that family, who had rented from shannon, they lost thousands of dollars when they had to quickly move out and find a new home. so back at the parking lot the day we caught up with shannon lee, she was out on bail and in no mood to apologize. >> the truth will come out. >> reporter: the truth will come out? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: why'd you steal those houses? >> i didn't steal any houses. >> reporter: that's not what the owners of