3 out of 6 tenants in jail!

Well, we got back from vacation and within the first week learned that 2 more tenants had been arrested!  Not sure what happened to one (probably shoplifting or other theft), but the 2nd was arrested during a 4 a.m. raid for dealing heroin out of the apartment!

It turns out the police do NOT notify you when they are about to break into your property.  Hubby found out about all of this only because the other tenants in the building told him when he went looking for rents.  Of course, hubby took himself down to the police station to figure out what was going on, and they were actually more than willing to tell him.   The arresting office actually call our house a day or to later to work on "community relations".  Warned us that this happen "a lot" and we should "get used to it."  <sigh>

Now  BOTH tenants from this apartment are in jail (gee - I wonder what the boyfriend was doing that got him arrested).  The place is a mess, and they left 2 cats in the apartment, along with very little catfood and a toxic waste dump for a litterbox.  Lucky the woman's brother was on the scene and was trying to figure out what to do.  Hubby took one of our old litter boxes and cat litter and food down there (it was a Sunday, no idea if the SPCA would be open, and certainly the cats were not at fault here!).  Working with the brother to figure out how to clean the apartment.  Will probably pay the brother to get rid of everything, already paying him to take care of the cats until homes can be found!   Trying to figure out the eviction proceedings in this situation (the court staff are not always fully helpful, may just move them out without going through the full court procedures).

Oh, and on good news front, the boyfriend of the other jailbird has decided to take over her apartment.  This tenant left a young child behind when she was put in jail.  Her mom is taking care of the baby, and boyfriend says he was paying the rent on the apartment for her anyway.  Did I mention this was the only apartment that gives us rent without the late penalty every month (in this building, anyway, we actually have some wonderful and reliable tenants in other buildings).  Needless to say, he is in!