{"id":154183,"date":"2026-03-05T17:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154183\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:01:07","slug":"father-and-son-charged-in-queens-arson-after-eviction-dispute-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154183\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and son charged in Queens arson after eviction dispute, feds say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"h6aeo\">A father and son who were locked in a bitter legal dispute with the landlord of their Queens print shop have been charged by federal prosecutors with setting the space on fire in February.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"eaphi\">The suspects, Narinder Singh and Jawahar Singh, were each charged Thursday with malicious use of fire to destroy property in the Eastern District of New York.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"27gc6\">Both were facing eviction from their shop on 101st Avenue in Queens and locked in a protracted legal battle with their landlord, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3rr9o\">In the eviction proceedings, their landlord accused the shop of squatting in the building and signing a false lease that was not authorized by the owner.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1lq0m\">A day before the fire, the shop filed an emergency application to avoid eviction, but that was denied by a judge, the complaint stated.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9qg89\">Prosecutors said that early the next morning, on Feb. 18, the Singhs ignited a large fire at the shop using a hot plate and paper towels.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"13ace\">Attorneys for the men did not immediately comment on the charges.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4qhn2\">This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father and son who were locked in a bitter legal dispute with the landlord of their Queens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-154183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}