Tenant Sold Drugs from Apartment

August 31, 2006

LVT Number: 19062

Landlord sued to evict tenant for using tenant's apartment for illegal drug sales. Tenant claimed that he had drugs in the apartment only for personal use. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Trial evidence showed that tenant had drugs in the apartment that were packaged for sale. The police had recovered half a pound of marijuana divided into 100 packets, along with a digital scale, from tenant's apartment.

Landlord sued to evict tenant for using tenant's apartment for illegal drug sales. Tenant claimed that he had drugs in the apartment only for personal use. The court ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and lost. Trial evidence showed that tenant had drugs in the apartment that were packaged for sale. The police had recovered half a pound of marijuana divided into 100 packets, along with a digital scale, from tenant's apartment.

3890 Broadway Realty, LLC v Polanco: NYLJ, 8/21/06, p. 32, col. 4 (App. T. 1 Dept.; Davis, JP, Gangel-Jacob, Schoenfeld, JJ)

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