Legal & Disputes
Amish Acres Owner Brad Juneau Arrested in Louisiana on Worthless Check Warrant
By News Desk ·
Key takeaways
- Brad Juneau, who also goes by Michael Bradley Loftin, was booked into the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office on a felony warrant for issuing worthless checks.
- A surety bond of $250,000 was set in Juneau's case.
- Amish Acres was ordered closed in August by the Department of Homeland Security and the Indiana State Fire Marshal and reopened a few days later.
Brad Juneau, the owner of Amish Acres in Nappanee, Indiana, was booked into the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana on a felony warrant for issuing worthless checks, with a $250,000 surety bond set in his case, Yahoo reported on November 3, 2026.
Brad Juneau's Arrest and the Fraud Allegations
Records identify the owner as Michael Bradley Loftin, 52, who goes by Brad Juneau. The arrest follows a September report that fraud-based charges against him date back to the early 2000s, according to Yahoo.
Amish Acres is a privately operated wedding and event center in Nappanee that rents a historic barn venue and also runs a Theatre, Restaurant Barn and Arts & Crafts Festival on the same Historic Area property. Juneau discussed reopening the property in November 2025 and restoring it as a tourist destination with theater, restaurant and festivals. He later advertised season tickets for theater productions that were permanently delayed and planned craft and vendor shows, some of which never took place.
In August, the Department of Homeland Security and the Indiana State Fire Marshal ordered the property closed, and it reopened a few days later. Juneau said at the time that the original violation order was a misunderstanding caused by incorrect filing of paperwork with the fire marshal's office, and a State Fire Inspector reported no violations found. Vendors have said Juneau paid them with bad checks, double-booked private events and implied contracts with vendors that never existed. No charges or civil cases have been filed against Amish Acres or Juneau over the Nappanee-based claims, according to Yahoo.
Amish Acres' Tourism and Wedding Marketing
According to akta.pro company records, Amish Acres established marketing partnerships with Elkhart County Tourism and Visit Nappanee to gain inbound tourist visibility for the venue. The company launched a wedding-specific landing platform, weddingsatthebarns.com, separate from the main Historic Area site, and positioned the Historic Area property as a multi-attraction destination bundling the Theatre, Restaurant Barn, Arts & Crafts Festival and Wedding & Event Center under one location. The same records list Amish Acres as featured on the Elkhart County tourism website and on the Visit Nappanee tourism platform.
Fraud Probes at Other Companies
The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz said on November 2, 2026 that it is investigating potential securities fraud claims against Arbor Realty Trust after a 29.14% stock decline on October 30, 2026, FinancialContent Business Page reported. The same firm said it is investigating Once Upon a Farm, PBC after a 36.35% stock decline on November 2, 2026, FinancialContent Business Page reported. Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP launched an investigation into ServiceTitan, Inc. after the company said its Max AI rollout would reduce near-term revenue by $4-$5 million, GlobeNewswire reported.
What Comes Next for Amish Acres
Juneau's case carries a $250,000 surety bond, and the September report on fraud-based charges going back to the early 2000s remains part of the record, according to Yahoo. No charges or civil cases have been filed over the Nappanee vendor claims.