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CHRISTINE AND ARLENE CRAIG BEAT UP THE MAN OVER THEIR DEPOSIT. THE DISABLED VETERAN LANDLORD IS SHARING HIS STORY. MICHAEL VINSANAU JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT POLICE AND THE MAN SAID HAPPENED. MICHAEL: THE LANDLORD SAID HIS TENANTS KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR DEMANDING THE DEPOSIT BEFORE IT WAS DU WHEN HE SAID NO, THE SITUATION TURNED VIOLENT NEIGHBORS SAY GERVAIS STREET IN THE EAST IS USUALLY QUIET. THAT’S WHY LANDLORD EDWARD RANDOLPH EXPECTED NO ISSUE WHEN HE HEARD A KNOCK ON HIS DOOR >> I CAUGHT MYSELF TRYING TO HELP HER OUT, AND THIS IS WHAT I GET. MICHAEL: RANDOLPH SAYS HE RENTED HIS HOME NEXT DOOR TO CHRISTINE CRAIG. THE LANDLORD SAYING CRAIG DEMANDED HER DEPOSIT BACK OVER A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS DUE RANDOLPH, WHO IS A DISABLED VET, SAYS HIS REJECTION RESULTED IN ABUS >> I’M STANDING RIGHT HERE IN THE DOORWAY. MY FOOT HIT BACK, MY FEET AND MY HEAD HIT THE FLOOR. MICHAEL: AND RANDOLPH SAYS THE PUNCHES KEPT COMING. NOW, POLICE HAVE CHARGED CRAIG AND HER MOTHER ARLENE CRAIG WITH HOME INVASION AND SIMPLE BATTERY TO THE INFIRMED. >> IT NEVER WAS ABOUT THE MONEY. THAT’S THE PROBLEM. IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE TIME. SHE MOVED OUT ON THE 23RD, BUT SHE’S NOT SUPPOSED TO GET HER MONEY UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. MICHAEL: RANDOLPH SAYS HE’S JUST GRATEFUL HE WASN’T SERIOUSLY INJURED. SAYING HE HAS NO RESENTMENT TOWARDS THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. >> NOT HARD FEELINGS. I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM. I REALLY DO. MICHAEL: TONIGHT, NEW ORLEANS POLICE DECLINED COMMENTING FU

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