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Can You Go to Jail for Not Paying Rent?
On an otherwise unremarkable day last July, Artoria Smith of Little Rock, Ark. was in her kitchen with an armful of laundry when, she says, she fell through the floor. Before she knew it,
Read More »Landlord Brothers Charged With Harassing Tenants Out of Rent-Controlled Brooklyn Apartments
Two Brooklyn landlords are facing charges that they harassed tenants out of their rent-controlled apartments. NY1's Lori Chung filed the following report
Read More »Teen held for raping 6-yr-old girl
A 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl on Thursday. The incident took place in Patel Nagar area of Kurukshetra
Read More »Landlord murdered his tenant and chopped his body up because he complained about having to do handywork around the flat
A landlord who chopped his friend up and stuffed the body parts into suitcases which he dumped in a canal was today found guilty of murder. Lorenzo Simon, 34, forced victim Michael Spalding, 39, to
Read More »Serial trouble tenant Nina Willis gets jail time for fraud and false pretenses
A Toronto tenant with a long history of not paying rent, who was found guilty of defrauding two of her landlords, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Nina Willis is expected to begin
Read More »4 tenants arrested over kidnap of landlord’s ward
The Rivers State Police Command is investigating four men over the alleged kidnap of a 15 -year-old boy identified as John Idhodaye, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 student. Idhodaye went missing on February
Read More »Tenant hits landlord over head with hammer during dispute, police say
A Syracuse tenant hit his landlord over the head with a hammer after he was evicted from his apartment in March, police said. Steven Williams, 26, was evicted from his apartment at 163 Holland St.
Read More »Danbury tenant arrested after kicking door open
A Danbury man was arrested Monday after police said he kicked a door open at a multi-family home on Griffing Avenue. Police were called to the home around 4 p.m. for a noise complaint. The
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