A landlord-tenant dispute in Bayonne turned violent on Monday when one tenant kicked his two landlords in the buttocks and another tenant robbed one of the landlords of her cell phone, according to Bayonne police.
At 3:23 p.m. yesterday at 429 Broadway, two individuals later identified as Marian Ghobrial, 31, and Mokhtar A. Samuel, 40, were arrested after physically assaulting their two landlords, who are both women, Bayonne police Lt. Janine Foy said.
A verbal dispute over a padlock put on a basement door in the building by the two tenants became physical when Ghobrial grabbed the cellphone out of the hands of one of the landlords, Foy said.
Samuel then kicked that same landlord on the buttocks, trying to force her out of the door, before “forcefully grabbing” the other landlord and also kicking her on the buttocks, she said.
The landlord whose cellphone was taken suffered a small cut on her hand, Foy said, but everyone at the scene refused medical attention.
Both Samuel and Ghobrial were charged with simple assault, and Ghobrial was additionally charged with robbery, Foy said. When Samuel was being processed by officers, he gave a false first name, and was then further charged with hindering apprehension, she said.
When Samuel’s real first name was determined, he was found to have a warrant out of Bayonne Municipal Court for $1,091, the nature of which was not reported on the police report regarding the incident, Foy said.
Samuel and Ghobrial were each taken to the Hudson County jail in Kearny on a $30,000 bail with a 10 percent option, she said.
