{"id":293155,"date":"2026-07-11T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293155\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:29:09","slug":"nyc-criminal-squatter-accused-of-violently-attacking-condo-residents-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/293155\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC criminal squatter accused of violently attacking condo residents: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s condo-monium!<\/p>\n

A violent squatter with a criminal rap sheet has hijacked a Staten Island condo complex, slinging drugs in the hallways and attacking anyone who looked at him sideways, tenants claim in a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

The board of managers of The Grant Terrace Condominium in Grant City wants Caleb King booted from the building for good after he\u2019s allegedly been raising hell for over a year, according to the suit<\/a> filed in Richmond County Supreme Court on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKing has engaged in a continuous, severe and escalating pattern of disruptive, illegal, and violent behavior,\u201d the board slammed in the filing. <\/p>\n

Caleb King, 31, is being sued by the condo board after he has allegedly been tormenting the community for over a year. Leonardo Munoz for NY Post<\/p>\n

Neither an eviction notice nor a SWAT team have made King, 31, budge. <\/p>\n

He was served notice<\/a> in February, records show, but he ignored it, refusing to <\/a>leave the 900-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment where he lives with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Four months later, a SWAT team swarmed his building after he allegedly attacked a resident, chased him around the building with a knife and threatened the lives of his pregnant wife and young daughter, according to a criminal complaint and the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

On June 28, King allegedly throat-punched the victim and shouted, \u201cI\u2019ll cut your throat, I\u2019ll stab you, get off the phone with 911,\u201d the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

After the attack, a SWAT team busted down the door of King\u2019s apartment and arrested him. <\/p>\n

\u201cI come out, I get arrested, there\u2019s all these cops, all these lights, ambulances, everything. It was the biggest f\u2013king scene for no f\u2013king reason,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has allegedly been squatting at The Grant Terrace Condominium in Grant City. Leonardo Munoz for NY Post<\/p>\n

He was hit with a slew of charges including aggravated harassment, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. But he was back at his apartment <\/a>just two days later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King admitted to \u201cslapping\u201d the man, alleging the purported victim was taking photos and videos of his girlfriend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who he thought he was f\u2013king with, I just told you what was going to happen,\u201d King said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The board claims that King has been disrupting the complex since at least May 2025 with his \u201cchronic\u201d late-night and early-morning noise disturbances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King allegedly attacked a resident in June. RICHMOND COUNTY CLERK<\/p>\n

King has allegedly been found \u201cunresponsive or impaired\u201d in common areas and staircases, and has allegedly been seen dealing drugs at the building\u2019s entrances and tampering with locks, the board claims in the filing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

He even allegedly grabbed the arm of a resident\u2019s daughter in an elevator and refused to let go.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King laughed off his neighbors\u2019 allegations, asking a Post reporter: \u201cI don\u2019t know, you\u2019re talking to me. Does it seem like it\u2019s true?\u201d<\/p>\n

King was also arrested in February for allegedly breaking into someone\u2019s home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King claimed that he only \u201cslapped\u201d the man because he was taking photos of his girlfriend. RICHMOND COUNTY CLERK<\/p>\n

He was charged with burglary, trespassing, criminal mischief and harassment, according to the criminal complaint, and is due back in court for this case on July 13. <\/p>\n

He also was charged with a DUI in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King, who said he\u2019s lived in his apartment for about 10 years, has his next eviction hearing at the end of the month, but the board wants him barred from ever living there again \u2014 including banning him from living with his mother, who lives two floors above him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King was served an eviction notice in February, according to court records. Leonardo Munoz for NY Post<\/p>\n

It also demands that King hand over thousands of dollars in fines that he allegedly owes for disrupting the condo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

King described the lawsuit as \u201cover the top.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the hell that\u2019s about, but what are you gonna do?\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re clearly making things up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several residents, King\u2019s unit\u2019s landlord and an attorney for the condo\u2019s board of managers declined to comment to The Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s condo-monium! A violent squatter with a criminal rap sheet has hijacked a Staten Island condo complex, slinging…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5357,303,2850,57,9,24,63,14835,134,136,135,58],"class_list":["post-293155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-attacks","tag-crime","tag-lawsuits","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-squatters","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293155","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=293155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}