THERE'S LAWS. YOU SHOULDN'T BE TRYING TO STEAL MY HOUSE. YES YOU ARE. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? A SQUATTER STANDOFF A PROPERTY OWNER CONFRONTS A GROUP OF PEOPLE SHE SAYS MOVED INTO HER MILLION DOLLAR HOME IN QUEENS, AND OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS DOZENS OF OFFICERS SHOWED UP. >> SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE TAKEN AWAY IN HANDCUFFS. THOSE ARRESTED MAY SURPRISE YOU. >> INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER DAN KRAUTH JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED. TELL US, DAN, WELL, THIS IS A VERY BIG GROWING PROBLEM. >> I RECEIVED DOZENS OF TIPS FROM VIEWERS ABOUT THIS IN JUST THE PAST WEEK. I WANT TO DO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A ROUTINE INTERVIEW. INSTEAD, WE CAPTURE WHAT POLICE AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE DEALING WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. I HAVE VIDEO OF YOU GONE. >> WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? THE SITUATION. BUT THEY'RE MY HOUSE, MAN. >> RELAX. >> NO NO NO NO NO. TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS DAY ENDED, WE NEED THE POLICE RIGHT AWAY. WITH MULTIPLE 911 CALLS AND ARRESTS, WE HAVE TO START AT THE BEGINNING. THE HARDEST QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR NAME? WE MET ADELE ANDALORO OUTSIDE THE HOME. HER PARENTS LEFT HER IN FLUSHING, QUEENS. SHE'S IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING IT. NO, HE LIKED IT, BUT SHE'S BEEN LOCKED OUT. SHE CLAIMS SQUATTERS MOVED IN ON FEBRUARY 6TH AND REFUSED TO LEAVE. WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING HERE KNOWING YOU CAN'T GO INSIDE OF YOUR OWN HOME? >> IT'S ENRAGING. IT REALLY IS. IN NEW YORK, SQUATTERS HAVE RIGHTS AFTER 30 DAYS. BY THE TIME THAT SOMEONE DOES THEIR INVESTIGATION AND THEY DO THEIR WORK AND THEIR JOB WILL BE WELL OVER THE 30 DAYS, AND THIS MAN WILL HAVE STOLEN MY HOME. AND NOW SHE'S BACK. >> JUST AFTER WRAPPING UP OUR INTERVIEW, A WOMAN SHOWED UP. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE HOUSE? ARE YOU RENTING THIS HOUSE? I'M WHY ARE YOU HERE? SHE UNLOCKED THE FRONT DOOR, SAW OUR CAMERAS AND TOOK OFF. >> IT'S OPEN. LET'S GO IN THE HOUSE. IT'S OPEN. >> ADELE AND HER DAUGHTER, WITH A PROPERTY DEED IN HAND, WENT INSIDE. >> THIS IS MY FURNITURE. THESE ARE MY CURTAINS. >> SHE DIDN'T JUST FIND HER BELONGINGS INSIDE. >> THERE'S A MAN SLEEPING RIGHT THERE. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. >> SHE FOUND TWO MEN. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE? >> I MOVED IN ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO. >> THEY'VE CALLED THE POLICE ON ME AND I'VE CALLED THE LOCKSMITH. I DIDN'T COME IN ILLEGALLY. THE DOOR WAS OPEN. >> POLICE STARTED INTERVIEWING NEIGHBORS AND LOOKING FOR DOCUMENTS. >> DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 DAYS? >> THEY TOOK THE MAN WHO TOLD ME HE HAD BEEN RENTING FOR TWO DAYS OUT IN HANDCUFFS. >> THEY GOT ONE OUT AND ESCORTED THE OTHER GUY OFF THE PROPERTY. NOW YOU'RE AFRAID TO COME OUT? >> I'M NOT COMING OUT. THIS HOUSE IS EMPTY. THIS IS MY HOME. MY LOCKSMITH IS ON THE CORNER WAITING TO CHANGE MY LOCKS AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT FAIR THAT I, AS THE HOMEOWNER, SHOULD BE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS. HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> MINUTES LATER, A LOCKSMITH SHOWED UP, BUT POLICE GAVE HER A WARNING BEFORE THEY LEFT. >> I MAY END UP IN HANDCUFFS TODAY IF THIS MAN SHOWS UP HERE AND SAYS THAT I HAVE ILLEGALLY EVICTED HIM. I SAID TO THEM, LET HIM TAKE ME TO COURT THE WAY I'VE BEEN TOLD TO TAKE HIM TO COURT. BUT TODAY I'M NOT LEAVING MY HOUSE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES AFTER POLICE LEFT AND THE LOCKS WERE CHANGED. >> OH. >> WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA. IT'S NOT GOING UP HERE. >> THE MAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE THE ONE ACTUALLY LEASING THE HOUSE SHOWS UP. >> CALL THE POLICE AGAIN WITH THE OTHER GUY. >> POLICE TOOK OFF THE PROPERTY. >> DO YOU SEE THIS? THIS GUY JUST LITERALLY BROKE DOWN MY DOOR. BROKE THROUGH MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER TO GET IN HERE. THIS GUY JUST FORCED HIMSELF INTO MY HOUSE. YES HE DID, AND SO DID YOU. YOU BROKE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, HE CAN'T BE KICKED OUT. >> YOU NEED TO GO TO COURT. >> THEY CONSIDER THIS A LANDLORD TENANT ISSUE, AND BY LAW IT HAS TO BE HANDLED THROUGH THE HOUSING COURT, NOT WITH POLICE. IF YOU OWN THIS HOUSE, YOU WOULD NOT WANT HER INSIDE HOUSE. >> I DON'T OWN THIS. >> EXACTLY. SHE DOES. >> YES, BUT THEN ONCE AGAIN, YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW THE LAW WORKS. I DO KNOW HOW IT WORKS. THERE'S RULES TO THIS AS YOU GOT TO GO TO COURT TO SEND ME TO CIVIL COURT. >> HE SAYS HE SIGNED A LEASE IN OCTOBER, BUT WOULDN'T TELL US WITH WHO. >> I GOT PROOF LONGER THAN THAT SHOW US THE PROOF. BUT WHO ARE YOU? FOR ME TO SHOW, I SHOW IT TO COPS. >> DAN KRAUTH CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW IT, YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW IT. >> COME HERE. BROTHER, I LIKE THAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. >> HE DIDN'T SHOW ME A LEASE. THIS IS A BILL. A BILL FOR WORK HE SAYS HE HAD DONE TO THE HOUSE. HE DIDN'T SHOW POLICE A LEASE EITHER. >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THE LEASE. NO, HE'S GOT NO DOCUMENTATION, JUST BILLS. >> SO, ADELE, YOU'RE GETTING ARRESTED RIGHT NOW. >> I'M BEING ARRESTED. FOR WHAT? FOR BEING IN MY. FOR BEING IN MY OWN HOME. >> AND. >> AND WHERE'S YOUR LEASE? >> SHE'S FIGHTING THE HOUSE. IT'S NOT HER HOUSE ANYMORE. >> MY DEED IS CURRENT AND LEGAL. >> ARRESTED FOR UNLAWFUL EVICTION. SHE CHANGED THE LOCKS. AND A MAN WHO CLAIMS HE LIVES THERE. SO HOW DOES THIS ALL END THEN? WHEN DO YOU LEAVE? >> THE WAY IT ENDS IS. IS UNLESS SHE PAYS ME MY MONEY THAT I PUT INTO THE HOUSE. PAY ME THE M
