My rights as landlord? No help from police

My rights as landlord? No help from police by Andrea (N.Y.) on June 27, 2012 @14:54

My first time doing a house share. person gave me a thoroughly believable sob story, let him in gave me $500 towards first months rent. Myex had him checked out after he was here 1 week, he had 2 felonies, prison time, ect,etc. Scary stuff. Drank &did illegal drugs nonstop. Refused to leave when confronted, dared me to call cops, I did, crying like a baby. Cops said he hadn't beat me up, there was no crime, he could stay as long as he wanted. Ended up having to give up the money,no lease was signed, cops ignored his probation status & the drugs. Legal????

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Re: My rights as landlord? No help from police by The Dude (MN) on June 27, 2012 @15:26	[ Reply ]

WHY ALL THE TROLLS LATELY???? I can't believe this is true. The police would never say "He can stay as long as he wants!" if this is your home. Second, if I understand your story correctly, he's doing illegal drugs in your place. That alone is a crime. Why would the police say "there is no crime"? Is he on probation for drug related problems? I doubt his parole officer would just blow over that. Your story is so made up and ridiculous it's not even funny.

Re: My rights as landlord? No help from police by Anonymous on June 27, 2012 @16:30	[ Reply ]

You forgot the part where the Fed's seized the house for running a drug lab!

Re: My rights as landlord? No help from police by Anonymous on June 28, 2012 @10:11	[ Reply ]

This is absolutely true. The police said "You can call his probation officer" re: the drugs. This was such a traumatic nightmare there is absolutely no reason to concoct a story. I suppose I understand the disbelief because I couldn't believe it was happening myself. I just don't understand the legal rights he allegedly had. The lawyer I spoke to before the rental said I would run into problems if he stayed 30 days or more, which he did not. It reminded me of pre-stalking laws where you have to find the body because the stalker hadn't committed a crime "yet"Is there a real lawyer on this site who can explain this to me? Thank you.

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