It’s condo-monium!
A violent squatter with a prison rap sheet has hijacked a Staten Island rental complicated, slinging medication within the hallways and attacking anybody who checked out him sideways, tenants declare in a lawsuit.
The board of managers of The Grant Terrace Condominium in Grant Metropolis desires Caleb King booted from the constructing for good after he’s allegedly been elevating hell for over a yr, based on the swimsuit filed in Richmond County Supreme Courtroom on Monday.
“King has engaged in a steady, extreme and escalating sample of disruptive, unlawful, and violent habits,” the board slammed within the submitting.
Neither an eviction discover nor a SWAT group have made King, 31, budge.
He was served discover in February, data present, however he ignored it, refusing to depart the 900-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom condominium the place he lives along with his girlfriend.
4 months later, a SWAT group swarmed his constructing after he allegedly attacked a resident, chased him across the constructing with a knife and threatened the lives of his pregnant spouse and younger daughter, based on a prison grievance and the lawsuit.
On June 28, King allegedly throat-punched the sufferer and shouted, “I’ll reduce your throat, I’ll stab you, get off the telephone with 911,” the affidavit states.
After the assault, a SWAT group busted down the door of King’s condominium and arrested him.
“I come out, I get arrested, there’s all these cops, all these lights, ambulances, the whole lot. It was the largest f–king scene for no f–king motive,” he stated.
He was hit with a slew of prices together with aggravated harassment, prison possession of a weapon and menacing. However he was again at his condominium simply two days later.
King admitted to “slapping” the person, alleging the purported sufferer was taking photographs and movies of his girlfriend.
“I don’t know who he thought he was f–king with, I simply advised you what was going to occur,” King stated.
The board claims that King has been disrupting the complicated since not less than Might 2025 along with his “power” late-night and early-morning noise disturbances.
King has allegedly been discovered “unresponsive or impaired” in frequent areas and staircases, and has allegedly been seen dealing medication on the constructing’s entrances and tampering with locks, the board claims within the submitting.
He even allegedly grabbed the arm of a resident’s daughter in an elevator and refused to let go.
King laughed off his neighbors’ allegations, asking a Publish reporter: “I don’t know, you’re speaking to me. Does it seem to be it’s true?”
King was additionally arrested in February for allegedly breaking into somebody’s dwelling.
He was charged with housebreaking, trespassing, prison mischief and harassment, based on the prison grievance, and is due again in courtroom for this case on July 13.
He additionally was charged with a DUI in 2021.
King, who stated he’s lived in his condominium for about 10 years, has his subsequent eviction listening to on the finish of the month, however the board desires him barred from ever dwelling there once more — together with banning him from dwelling along with his mom, who lives two flooring above him.
It additionally calls for that King hand over hundreds of {dollars} in fines that he allegedly owes for disrupting the rental.
King described the lawsuit as “excessive.”
“I don’t know what the hell that’s about, however what are you gonna do?” he stated. “They’re clearly making issues up.”
A number of residents, King’s unit’s landlord and an lawyer for the rental’s board of managers declined to remark to The Publish.
