Many deed theft victims find that they still have to file motions and affidavits, pay legal bills, and spend days sitting in courthouse hallways trying to prove that the home they bought, fixed, rented, inherited, or raised children in was actually theirs. Olondi LeGrand says he is also fighting a deed theft case, this one involving property at 964 St. Johns Place in Crown Heights. “They put a mortgage on the property and had a transfer on the whole property,” LeGrand said. LeGrand argues that many deed theft victims are pushed into representing themselves after years of paying lawyers. Jones said she tried to show the court order to the police.