Nieves, who lived in the same apartment building in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood as a woman described by authorities as Houser’s “female companion,” was unloading boxes outside his apartment with a female friend when Houser got into his nearby car, rolled his window down and asked Nieves’ friend a question to the effect of: “You know he treats women badly?” prosecutors said. Nieves told Houser to talk to him if he had a problem, the woman testified at trial.