Inwood Tenant Now Knows Why His Apt. Was So "Hot"

Last week, Inwood resident and schoolteacher Jason Holt was told by the Drug Enforcement Agency that his Inwood apartment was being targeted, so the feds put him up in a hotel for a little while. After that, the NY Times reports, "On Wednesday, the agents told him an arrest had been made and let him go home, but provided no details. At school Thursday morning, Mr. Holt checked the news online and got his answer." A cop, told by a drug dealer that there was $900,000 in the apartment's floor, was arrested for asking someone (who was a police informant) to help him "subdue" Holt with a stun gun and steal the cash. The news also explained why his apartment had been either broken into (the floors were torn up) or attracted odd activities (his lock's cylinder was stolen; a woman with young child said she left something there, etc). Holt, who said of apartment 4D, It seemed like a great find, a great deal," is now looking for a new place.

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By Jen Chung in News on May 16, 2009 4:15 PM

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values_hehe

DO NOT MOVE TO INWOOD!

I lived there for three months before I broke my lease and it was the worst of my life. Drug dealers outside my door constantly, parties at 3 am outside my window on weekdays, etc. I know some people on this site might like that, but not me!

Jen Chung

Thanks, all. I needed a V-8 today.

nyrangers

"A cop, told by a drug that there was $900,000 in the apartment's floor"

jen, is it that hard to copy stories?

mocanlagunas

I'm tearing up my apt tonight...

mocanlagunas

Sadly I found nothing, but my neighbor downstairs now has a leak on her roof... go figure...

kcin122

wait...

what?

devilducki

my sentiment exactly.

jaycjay

"A cop, told by a drug that there was $900,000 in the apartment's floor"

Wow. It's really not good when the drugs start talking to you.

GoToHell

LOL. That's what I was thinking, but Jen Chung strikes again. I swear these bloggers just type and hit send without proof reading their work, obviously. There's no reason they can't, they just don't, then wonder why they get so much shit.