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Police: Suffern landlady scalded tenant with boiling water
A 29-year-old woman tossed boiling water on a tenant living in her house then threatened him with a knife during a fight, police said Wednesday. Katty Metoute ended up in the county jail on $2,500
Read More »Two men sought in Orangetown home invasion
Two men burst into a Western Highway apartment Tuesday morning, punched the male tenant in the head and demanded "stuff" as the female tenant escaped, Orangetown police said. One suspect carried a handgun during the
Read More »One tenant kicks his landlords in the buttocks, another robs landlord of cell phone: Bayonne police
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
Read More »What Should Landlords Look for in a Tenant Background Check?
The tenant screening process is, in many ways, as complicated as interviewing for a job. Indeed, there are numerous commonalities between the two processes, from filling out an application to going through an in-person
Read More »New tenant accused of shooting at previous tenants
A couple moving out of home at 609 N. Claybrook Sunday morning at the same time the new tenant was moving in say things quickly grew heated when the new tenant would not them
Read More »Tenant Dares to Steal from Home-alone Elder
A 21-year-old who had moved in as tenant, a fortnight ago, was arrested by the police for allegedly trying to rob her elderly landlord last night. Police said Jothi, from Thiruvarur, had moved into the
Read More »Lindsay tenant charged after signs damaged on Vimy Road
A Lindsay woman is facing a mischief charge after the landlord of a house complained to police several signs on the property were damaged and removed
Read More »Ex-tenant arrested in Attleboro break-in; discovered in basement where pipes were cut
Police say a former tenant was arrested after he was found in the basement of a South Attleboro house, allegedly attempting to steal copper pipes
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