Disgusting’ squatters leave behind underwear, a snake and sex toys
This landlord staged a panty raid.
A Colorado condominium owner is out hundreds of in dollars in legal and cleaning fees — and nearly two months’ worth of rent — after a battle to evict squatters who left their “disgusting” mark on her property.
When Sarah Feldman’s previous tenant broke their lease, she soon discovered an unknown woman had made herself at home.
“She was being difficult, she didn’t want to leave,” Feldman told her local Fox outlet. “There was her and two guys I’ve never seen before.”
What followed was an infuriating monthlong battle to get the uninvited guests — and their unmentionables — out of her home.
A frustrated Feldman lawyered up, went to court to have the Denver Sheriff’s Department intervene — and recruited her local TV news outlet’s “Problem Solvers” crew.
The illegal occupants finally got the boot — but left behind a pile of dirty dishes, mounds of trash, stained carpets and other, uh, items.
“There were guys underwear all over — it was just really disgusting,” Feldman said. “There were sex toys found in the condo as well that I did not want to touch.”
Also abandoned: A snake in a cage — with no lid on it.
Feldman claims she ended up shelling out hundreds in fees, between hiring an attorney and paying $150 for the sheriff department “writ” of eviction, not to mention repairing damage to her condo and lost rental income.
The Denver Sheriff Department said it’s buried under a massive backlog of “squatting eviction requests” because of limited resources.
“If we were able to add more deputies to the unit, then that could possibly speed things up,” Denver Sheriff Department Chief Elias Diggins told Fox31. “But at the current time, with 141 deputies below authorized strength, that would be a challenge for us.”
New Yorkers are certainly no stranger to squatting. Last November, three squatters were killed in a Queens fire that was later ruled an arson case. In December, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law allowing the boroughs to reclaim and redevelop the nearly 2,000 abandoned “zombie properties” in New York City, where squatters often take up residence.
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