Eviction for continually allowing violent boyfriend in building?

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Account Closed · Answer

Sounds like the girlfriend needs serious help and should be locked up to keep herself safe. The girl her keeps letting a psycho into her life is the cause for putting you in danger and she needs to be evicted asap because the police will tell you the problem with the boyfriend being allowed into the unit by the girlfriend is a civil matter and you have to resolve that by going to court.

I've had the exact and similar problems many times. Every time scumbags or someone goes into tenants' units and causes any type of problem the landlords need to refrain from communicating with non-tenants and deal only with your tenants. Otherwise, you can get hurt, or you can end up in a bad fight with both your trailer trash  tenants and non-tenants.

I made a promise to myself many years ago that I would never let tenants make me miserable or emotional for any reason and that promise really helps me to remain calm and sleep well at night even when I have serious problems with tenants . I treat being a landlord exactly the same as a person would treat customers and employees at any business like a 7-Eleven, at a professional office environment, etc.. When tenants don't pay their rent, or make any type of threat I calmly call an attorney and let the attorney deal with the bad things.

Nathan Gesner · Answer

1. You should have reported him to the police, whether she wanted it or not.

2. Call the police now. Explain the situation and demand a No Trespass order against him.

3. Stick to your guns on getting her out. She will likely continue allowing him in so the only way to get rid of him completely is to get rid of her.

Louie Gabriel · Answer

Call your city police department and download their NO Trespass form.  In order to serve it you have to physically meet with them at property and give it to them..or if your there you call police tell them you want a NO Trespass order made against the person that is CURRENTLY on your property and you want them removed.

I basically posted a NO Trespass sign and also filled out the form and put a copy on the entry to the people that were issues.. they never came back.

Joe Splitrock · Answer

@Kat P. be aware that women in domestic abuse situations are often scared to report their abuser. Or in her case maybe even scared to tell him he is not welcome. When you witness a situation like this, you don't ask to call the police, you call the police. You don't need a victims consent to report a crime and prosecutors don't even need a victims consent to prosecute, although it is much harder to win without it. Once the police are there, give a factual reporting of the situation. The police will pull the victim aside and help her. She may talk to them. At a minimum you want each occurrence documented by the police. The simple act of the police showing up could have prevented this from every happening again. It could have scared the boyfriend or maybe the boyfriend even has open warrants or probation.

You could run into legal trouble on your eviction, because evicting domestic violence victims can be seen as cruel by the courts. Personally, I would have called the police and pursued a restraining order to bar the individual from coming near the property. Then if he shows up have him arrested. If the tenant wanted to leave at that point, she would leave. The police reports ware also a way to document that the boyfriend was there.

Kat P. · Answer

The roomate is a male, and he was fighting also, except the guest was much larger than the roommate. My daughter lives in the apartment, this puts her in danger. I can evict anyone that puts another tenant in danger, no?

Theresa Harris · Answer

I'd call the police and report the incident from the other night when you stopped him while he was beating her.  You are a witness and she may not need to press charges, but you saw the assault and therefore he can be charged.

Kat P. · Answer

Thanks for all the responses. I will file a police report today, grab a no trespassing sign on the way home, and I will be sure to make it clear that it's not simply about a boyfriend visiting. I gave the 30 day notice, but it happened on the 3rd, so 30 days will really be July, that is  if he doesn't finish the job before then. It's pretty sad actually.

Mike S. · Answer

I don’t believe you can trespass someone who is a guest of a resident.

However as a witness of a domestic violence crime, you should have call the police and let them arrest the boyfriend. He would have then been issued a no contact order until the trial. If he shows up during the no contact order then you can call the police again to have him arrested, even if he was invited here by the protected party.

However it is clear by your post that the case will be drop at trial due to non cooperative victim. At that time the no contact order would be dropped, but that should give you some quiet time before your 30 days notice expiration.

Natalie Schanne · Answer

@Kat P. - Yes, please call the police directly next time so you are not potentially physically harmed because of this. I would also send the tenant a noise violation or other lease clause with a x day notice to cure or quit. For me, this would be a function of restricting your quiet enjoyment of the premises, though I’m sure you can find one or more other things the tenant has violated. I have a clause in my leases now that has nuisance charges / fees for disturbances. Almost every problem I’ve had with a tenant has been caused in the first few weeks of their occupancy (overdose, stealing from others, inviting over guests who assaulted other members of the complex). All leading to police and/or ambulances at my property. I always post the notice to get them out immediately and/or offer termination of lease and make them go ASAP and the drama goes away. Also, set up a ring doorbell camera at your front entrance. You can turn off the ongoing noisy alerts to your phone and it will auto record activity for your future review (as needed).

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