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Bad tenant gets house arrest for fraud, forgery and bad cheques
A Toronto tenant who pleaded guilty to forging documents and writing bad cheques to landlords was methodical and deliberate in his long efforts to deceive and victimize his landlords and stay in properties without
Read More »Tenant charged with murder in Michigan murder case
Authorities have charged a tenant in the homicide of Larry Smith, whose body was discovered in his Woodstock Township home Sunday. Michael Thorne Anderson, 56, of 11818 Silver Lake Hway., is charged with one count
Read More »Search and arrest warrants unsealed in case of Northeast Portland man accused of killing tenant
The day after Portland police were called to do a welfare check at the Northeast Portland home of Gary Alan Lewis on June 7, officers were checking a backyard shed when they heard what
Read More »Neighbor charged in death of woman stuffed in bag
A recent art school graduate who had just moved into a rooming house was strangled and beaten to death by another tenant trying to rob her, police said Wednesday. The victim, 23-year-old Laura Araujo, had
Read More »Bond reduced to $25K for tenant charged in murder of landlord
Bond for a Louisville man charged with killing his landlord has been dropped after he made his first court appearance. Initially set at $500,000 after his arrest, a Jefferson District Court judge reduced the
Read More »California triple homicide seen as tenant dispute
Police in Pasadena, California, are investigating a triple homicide as a possible tenant-landlord dispute. Police say John Izeal Smith opened fire on police officers before barricading himself inside a home in the Los Angeles suburb
Read More »Proposal could hold landlords responsible for tenant behavior
Should owners of rental properties be held accountable for the criminal activities of their tenants? They would be under a proposal in the works in a local city. But the city is also giving the
Read More »Ponce-Fronting, Beltline-Adjacent Space Wants ‘Trendy’ Tenant
A large, long-vacant space with a prime location is looking for a new tenant — but it'd better be trendy! Ford Factory Square is the Ponce de Leon Avenue-fronting, mixed-use compilation at the front
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