Staten Island Senior Charged With Forging Eviction Notices In Attempt To Illegally Give Tenants The Boot

In New York City, the Staten Island Advance reports:

• His wife had been hit with $5,300 in fines for illegally converting a house in Port Richmond into several smaller apartments, and it was time for the tenants to leave. But rather than go through the legal eviction process, authorities say 76-year-old Paul Ciliento took matters into his own hands in June -- by forging his own eviction notices, and signing a city marshal's name to them.

• Ciliento was arrested [this week] on charges of forgery and criminal impersonation -- offenses that could land the septuagenarian in prison for up to seven years if he's convicted at trial.

For more, see Port Richmond landlord accused of forging eviction notices (Ruse reportedly was exposed when a tenant called marshal's office to ask for more time).