Landlord changes locks in tenant dispute involving domestic violence victim, Detroit MI
Family OffensePolice are responding to a landlord-tenant dispute at a residence near Wisconsin St. The tenant, a documented domestic violence victim, is locked out after the landlord changed the locks. There is concern for her safety and access to the home. The landlord has not started formal eviction proceedings.
Audio|Source: Detroit Police and Fire
01:10
Transcript:
00:00
What's the one Wisconsin?
00:02
I'm gonna have the neighborhood.
00:06
We cleared up for that run, but I guess a landlord tenant dispute with landlord China.
00:13
She was a DV[1]D,
00:16
a domestic violence victim that's been placed there,
00:19
and she ought to have been here.
00:24
We've been here twice past May.
00:29
He heard of (name withheld) and he's not even near at the property every time we call, but he keeps saying we need a remover, but he hasn't even started her with eviction.
00:37
The honesty appears to be positive, you know, a mental person because he keeps saying he don't need an eviction.
00:45
Saying that the fed is going to come.
00:48
I appreciate it. It was, uh, yeah, the female always sitting in the driveway all the time over there.
00:55
Yeah,
00:57
he changed a lock so she don't really have a way of getting in, but we know, we notify her that, you know, if she could, you know, she can get in how she sees fit until he, you know, give her that eviction.
01:09
He said you, sir.
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[1]
DV: Domestic Violence
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Location mentioned:
Near Wisconsin St, Detroit, MI 48221
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