Rental Of Foreclosed Home By Former Owner To Two Separate Unwitting Victims Leads To Dispute That Lands One In Jail On Assault Charges

In Springfield, Massachusetts, The Republican reports:

• A Springfield man who was tricked into believing he could live in an apartment that had been rented to someone else was sentenced to the time he spent in jail awaiting trial, after the prosecution and defense detailed the events that led to his arrest and detention on a variety of charges.

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• A dispute ensued over who was entitled to the apartment, and [Justo Davila, 43,] threw a brick through the woman's car, threatened the man him with a gun and a piece of molding and wood from the unit.

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• The victims had signed the purported lease with the former owners seven days after it was sold to a corporation after a foreclosure action, [Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth G.] Dineen said. Davila had been working in the apartment he thought was his for about two months, said [defense attorney Nikolas] Andreopoulos.

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