Category Archive for : ‘LANDLORD’

March 22, 2021
Caren Lissner
Patch

UNION COUNTY, NJ — The owner of 18 rental properties in Elizabeth has been charged with coercing 13 of his tenants into sexual acts to avoid eviction and homelessness, or in exchange for lower rents, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.
“The victims reported feeling they had no choice but to concede to [his] demands, citing dire personal circumstances such as trying to maintain housing for their young children,” said a press release from the office of Prosecutor Lindsay Ruotolo.
Joseph Centanni, 73, of Mountainside was charged with

March 20, 2021
Cecily Hilleary
VOA News

WASHINGTON – Note: This report contains language or content that some may find disturbing or offensive.
“I was very young when I was introduced to a pedophile,” said Lisa, 41, a survivor of sex trafficking who asked that her real name not be used. Raised on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, she cites a family history of sexual abuse.
“My mother was sent to a boarding school where the dean raped her repeatedly,” she said.
She believes she is the product of that rape.
“Later on, my mother got

March 22, 2021
ABC 7 NY

ELIZABETH, New Jersey (WABC) — A landlord in New Jersey is under arrest, accused of forcing more than a dozen tenants into sex acts in exchange for rent.

Prosecutors say between 2016 and 2020, 73-year-old Joseph Centanni targeted tenants in Elizabeth who were about to be evicted or otherwise struggling financially.

They say he solicited sex from the alleged victims in a quid pro quo and offered them rent reductions, a delay in an eviction, or other forms of financial assistance.

Centanni, who owns hundreds of rental units scattered

October 23, 2019
Cat Viglienzoni
WCAX

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (WCAX) The state has rested its case in the trial for a former Vermont state senator accused of setting up a tenant to have sex with an acquaintance to pay her electric bill.
Norm McAllister is facing a misdemeanor charge of prohibited acts.
In opening arguments today, the state played a portion of a recorded telephone call the alleged victim made to McAllister during the police investigation, where the state says McAllister acknowledges that the prostitution occurred.
We also heard from the woman accusing McAllister when she