Landlord Accused Of Using "Self-Help" Eviction Tactics; Shut Off Heat & Power, Trashed Toilet & Crib In Attempt To Coax Woman, Baby To Vacate

In Brooklyn, New York, the New York Post reports:

• A landlord from hell was busted for shutting off a tenant's power and heat and tossing her toilet out into the street to try to get her to move out of his Crown Heights building, sources said. Mario Eugene, 46, ordered the woman and her baby to vacate the Buffalo Avenue apartment near St. John's Place, but she wouldn't budge, sources said. So, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, he took her door off the hinges, shut off the electricity and radiators, trashed the baby's crib, removed the toilet and left it in front of the building. They argued again the next day -- and she finally called the cops, who got Eugene to admit that he took her belongings to force her to move. He was charged with burglary and criminal mischief, sources said.

Source: NYPD Daily Blotter - Brooklyn.