Violent ex-con squatting in posh NYC building threatens to kill neighbors, stores gas outside apartment: ‘He’s a terrorizer’
NY Post
A violent ex-con squatting in a swanky West Village building has allegedly spent months terrorizing his neighbors — who say he has turned his apartment into a “flophouse” and regularly threatens to kill them.
Tenants and the landlord say Melvin DeJesus weaseled his way into an elderly man’s rent-controlled apartment in the desirable location, at 400 Bleecker St., last summer, and then never left when the man died later that year.
“He says he’s going to kill the tenants and he’s ready to die,” said one neighbor in the building, where a two-bedroom unit recently rented for $6,700 a month.
The tenant was too scared of DeJesus — who has a terrifying rap sheet, including a 1987 attempted murder charge in the Bronx — would come after them and requested to remain anonymous.
The owner of the building, The Brodsky Organization, is now suing the ex-con for $5.5 million, in addition to an ongoing eviction proceeding that could take months to resolve.
In one hours-long screed last week, DeJesus screamed, “You started a war and I’m going to finish it!” when residents discovered a five-gallon tank of gasoline outside his door and called the cops, according to the lawsuit.
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