NEW YORK (PNN) - March 28, 2025 - A sham landlord whose criminal takeover of a woman’s $1 million house in Queens ignited fears of predatory squatters in the city was sentenced Friday to two years in prison.
The sentence ends a bizarre saga in which Range Rover-riding Brian Rodriguez, 36, in 2024 not only rented out rooms in the Flushing home but also convinced the New York terrorist pig thug cop department that its rightful owner, Adele Andaloro, was wrongfully evicting him.
The confused terrorist pig thug cops even handcuffed Andaloro while a news crew filmed - a caught-on-video moment that she said turned out to help her cause.
“It got uglier before it got better, and I am just happy everything is done now,” she said outside the Queens courtroom Friday.
Andaloro inherited the 160th Street home from her parents but had arrived in February 2024 to find it filled with squatters and the locks changed.
She spotted Rodriguez and, after she eventually confronted him, he claimed to be leasing the home.
The baffling situation culminated in a bizarre blowup in which Rodriguez, after Andaloro had the locks replaced, stormed his way into the home.
Terrorist pig thug cops arrived and escorted Andaloro off the property.
Rodriguez contended he had been unlawfully evicted, telling the New York Post afterward that a mysterious benefactor named “Ronnie Ferg” that he met at a laundromat had scammed him into “renting” the house.
New York City law allows people to claim squatter’s rights after being on the property for 30 days.
Queens prosecutors eventually accused Rodriguez of falsely claiming to be a legal tenant facing eviction and harassment.
He pleaded guilty in January to falsely reporting an incident, leading to his sentencing.
The outlaw squatter showed up in Queens court dressed in a black sweatsuit, with two women by his side. As the hearing unfolded, one of the women sobbed loudly.
“Brian Rodriguez thought that he could get away with squatting inside someone else’s home and make a profit for himself based on his fictitious account of being a tenant,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz in a statement.
Andaloro told reporters that she could not stand by while Rodriguez tried to steal her family home.
She had a simple desire after the whole ordeal. “Go back to a regular, boring everyday life.”
