Contractor Remodeling Apartment Threatens to Beat Tenant with Pieces of Metal

Niagara Falls Police responded to the 2600 block of Pine Avenue for a landlord/tenant dispute that later changed to menacing.

Upon arrival, officers spoke to the victim who stated an individual was upstairs doing work swung pieces of metal at him and threatened to beat him up.

Prior to this, the victim needed to take his dog outside so he asked the suspect to stay upstairs for a few minutes while he let the dog out.

Despite the advisement to stay upstairs, the suspect came downstairs anyway, yelling the entire time that he was going to beat the sh*t out of him.

The victim then pulled out his pepper spray and, after seeing it, the suspect went back upstairs.

Officers then spoke to the victim’s wife who stated that she was inside and heard her husband arguing with someone.

She states when she opened the apartment door, she witnessed the suspect walking down the stairs swinging pieces of metal to her husband.

She also states she heard the suspect say he was going to beat her husband’s as*. After the incident, she saw the suspect hide pieces of metal underneath mattresses and garbage bags outside.

Officers then spoke to the suspect who, at the start of their conversation, was not cooperating. He then went on to say that he never tried to hit the victim with anything, but that he did call him a fag*ot.”

He went on to say that he has been cleaning up this upper apartment for the property owner.

The suspect was taken into custody despite his denials without incident.

He was transported to police headquarters for booking and processing.

No further information is available at this time.

Contractor Remodeling Apartment Threatens to Beat Tenant with Pieces of Metal