Exclusive | NYC criminal squatter accused of violently attacking condo residents, slinging drugs in hallway: lawsuit
It’s condo-monium!A violent squatter with a criminal rap sheet has hijacked a Staten Island condo complex, slinging drugs in the hallways and attacking anyone who looked at him sideways, tenants claim in a lawsuit.The board of managers of The Grant Terrace Condominium in Grant City wants Caleb King booted from the building for good after he’s allegedly been raising hell for over a year, according to the suit filed in Richmond County Supreme Court on Monday. “King has engaged in a continuous, severe and escalating pattern of disruptive, illegal, and violent behavior,” the board slammed in the filing.Neither an eviction notice nor a SWAT team have made King, 31, budge.
He was served notice in February, records show, but he ignored it, refusing to leave the 900-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment where he lives with his girlfriend.Four months later, a SWAT team swarmed his building after he allegedly attacked a resident, chased him around the building with a knife and threatened the lives of his pregnant wife and young daughter, according to a criminal complaint and the lawsuit.On June 28, King allegedly throat-punched the victim and shouted, “I’ll cut your throat, I’ll stab you, get off the phone with 911,” the affidavit states.After the attack, a SWAT team busted down the door of King’s apartment and arrested him.“I come out, I get arrested, there’s all these cops, all these lights, ambulances, everything.
It was the biggest f–king scene for no f–king reason,” he said. He was hit with a slew of charges including aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.But he was back at his apartment just two days later. King admitted to “slapping” the man, alleging the purported victim was taking photos and videos of his girlfriend. “I don’t know who he thought he was f–king with, I just told you what was going to happen,” King said. The board claims that King has been disrupting the complex sin...