Squatter standoff captured on camera in Queens

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