Ex-Block owner expected be in S. Tahoe jail by end of June

Eneliko “Sean” Smith, who is in custody on DUI charges in Las Vegas, waived extradition June 6. He should be in South Lake Tahoe by the end of the month.

Local officials want him because he has failed to pay the city what its owed based on a court settlement from delinquent transient occupancy taxes.

Eneliko Smith

Smith had been operating the now defunct Block hotel and Cedar Lodge in the Stateline area.

The Block is owned by BMR Funding LLC  and the Cedar Lodge is now owned by First Credit Bank.

The city has liens on both property for delinquent TOT. When either site is sold, the city would get its money when the title is transferred. This is in addition to what the court has ordered Smith to pay.

— Kathryn Reed