Queens woman was arrested for trying to keep squatters out of her home by changing the locks — she was reportedly charged with 'unlawful eviction' New York's squatter's rights laws have once again become the focus of public attention.
Adele Andaloro inherited her family’s home in Flushing, Queens after her parents passed away. As she was preparing to sell the property, squatters took over, installing a new front door and changing the locks, effectively locking her out of her childhood home.
Andaloro expressed her frustration to ABC7 New York's Eyewitness News, stating, “I'm really fearful that these people are going to get away with stealing my home.”
<snip>
“They've called the police on me and I've called the locksmith," Andaloro said. "We didn't come in illegally, the door was open."
Police arrived and interviewed the men, who could not provide documentation to show that they had been there for more than 30 days. One man was taken away in handcuffs and the other was escorted off the property.
But that’s not the end of the story.
Before the police left, they warned the homeowner about changing the locks.
“I may end up in handcuffs today if a man shows up here and says I have illegally evicted him,” Andaloro said.
Despite the warning, Andaloro proceeded to change the locks. Shortly thereafter, another man, accompanied by the previously escorted squatter, forced entry into the house.
“Do you see this? This guy just literally broke down my door, broke through myself and my daughter," a distraught Andaloro said.
Police showed up again, arresting Andaloro for unlawful eviction.
Suspected squatters arrested in Pennsylvania in murder of NYC womanHer body was found in a duffel bag in a closet at a 19th floor apartment on 31st Street in Manhattan's Kips Bay neighborhood back on March 14. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide due to blunt force trauma to the head.
Her son made the discovery after coming to check on her because he hadn't heard from her.
An NYPD source said it's alleged that Tejada and Alston were squatting in the apartment when Vitels showed up to move either herself or someone else in.
Sources say the two suspects were seen on surveillance video in the building and outside stealing Vitels' car from the street, where it was parked.
The vehicle was traced to New Jersey and then Pennsylvania, where it was involved in an accident on March 13. According to authorities, Alston, who was allegedly driving Vitels' Lexus at the time of the crash, initially gave officers responding to the crash a fake name.
I wonder what our many landlord haters think about this