Porsche-driving LI squatters ask to be made ‘heirs’ to zombie home

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Porsche-driving LI squatters ask to be made ‘heirs’ to zombie home

In what sounded like an April Fool’s Day joke, Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover filed paperwork Monday requesting they be “added as heirs” to the home.

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Porsche-driving LI squatters ask to be made ‘heirs’ to zombie home​

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Published April 6, 2024, 9:33 a.m. ET

Neighbors say the two-story Cape Cod was vacant for a decade after the family which owned it died. Kathianne Boniello


A pair of shameless Porsche-driving squatters accused of duping a judge to get legal rights to a home they don’t own now want to be declared “heirs” to the property.
In what sounded like an April Fool’s Day joke, Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover filed paperwork Monday in Nassau Supreme Court requesting they be “added as heirs” to 39 Brussel Dr. in New Hyde Park, according to legal papers.
A legal heir is typically related to a person in some way.
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Lying coalburning slut Margaret Grover told a Nassau Court she believed the mortgage had been paid off on the home, while the bank denied that.
The two-story Cape Cod has been in foreclosure for more than a decade and sat abandoned after every member of the immediate family which owned it, the Iaconos, died between 2015 and 2018, neighbors said.

Gayle and Grover are not related to the Iacono clan.

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The couple claimed they “believe all mortgages [have] been satisified” and requested to be added as a party to the foreclosure proceeding.
Lawyers for US National Bank Association, which is now trying to complete the long-winding foreclosure proceeding on the “zombie” house, quickly shot down the couple’s latest effort in a letter to the judge.
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Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover are now asking to be made “heirs” to the property. Kathianne Boniello
Gayle, 29, and Grover, 19, have claimed they signed a rent to own agreement with owner Edward Iacono in July, even offering a lease with Iacono’s alleged signature.
“A review of this ‘lease’ shows that it was purportedly executed by Mr. Iacono on or about June 1, 2023. However, Mr. Iacono has been deceased since 2016. A copy of the death certificate is enclosed herewith. As such, it is clear the proffered lease is fraudulent and is not valid,” lawyers for the bank wrote in their Tuesday letter asking to toss the couple’s request.
An eviction against Gayle and Grover is pending after Nassau Housing Court Judge Christopher Coschignano ordered them to vacate last month.
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The couple’s Porsche, which they keep at the home. Courtesy of Sidney Southerland
Coschignano had paved the way for the couple to stay in December, after they allegedly falsely claimed Iacono rented them the home, then locked them out.
A lawyer for the couple insisted they are not squatters, and that they believe they signed a valid rent to own lease in July with a man they believed was Edward Iacono.


“We’re not trying to play the system or asking for anything unfair, the thing they’re asking for here will allow us to be able to add our own voice and testimony to the record as the Courts try to determine what happened here and what the next steps are,” said attorney William Igbokwe.

 

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Porsche-driving Long Island squatters evicted by sheriff’s deputies who changed locks, removed their belongings

Deputies knocked at the Brussel Drive home in New Hyde Park around 8:30 a.m. Friday, escorting Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover out.

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Porsche-driving Long Island squatters evicted by sheriff’s deputies who changed locks, removed their belongings​

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Published April 13, 2024, 7:57 a.m. ET








A pair of accused Porsche-driving squatters who allegedly duped a judge to get legal rights to a home they didn’t own were evicted this week when Nassau County sheriff’s changed the locks and removed their belongings — including a big screen TV and their luxe ride.


Deputies knocked on the door of the Brussel Drive home in New Hyde Park around 8:30 a.m. Friday, escorting Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover out and watching as they loaded a moving truck.


The couple, who also share a toddler son, put their dog Daisy in the Porsche as they emptied the two-story Cape Cod, which had been in foreclosure for a decade and abandoned for years after members of the family that owned it died.


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Sheriff’s deputies brought Denton Gayle out of the home Friday morning. J.C. Rice
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Gayle placing the couple’s dog, Daisy, into their Porsche. J.C. Rice


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Authorities removed the couples’ belongings from the home this week. J.C. Rice

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Gayle and Grover turned up at the dilapidated home last year, said irate neighbors who claimed the couple harassed them.


They were arrested in October after a 911 caller, concerned for the couple’s child, reported squalid conditions.


A Town of North Hempstead building inspector’s report deemed the structure, which had no heat, electricity, hot water or working bathrooms, “unlivable.”


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The couple had tried to claim they signed a lease for the home — which had no heat, electricity or hot water. J.C. Rice
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Denton Gayle carries out a large-screen television while sheriff’s deputies look on. J.C. Rice
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Gayle and Grover claimed they signed a rent-to-own agreement. J.C. Rice
Gayle, 29, and Grover, 19, then went to Nassau Housing Court, and claimed to Judge Christopher Coschignano they had signed a rent-to-own agreement in July with the owner, Edward Iacono — even offering a lease with Iacono’s “signature.”


Coschignano ordered they be allowed to return.


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Margaret Grover shares a son with Denton Gayle.
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Margaret Grover and Gayle turned up at the dilapidated home last year, said irate neighbors.
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The two-story home was empty for years before Gayle and Grover began living there. Kathianne Boniello
But Iacono had died in 2016.


And his son, Edward Iacono Jr., died in 2018.


Furious neighbors went to court, submitting death certificates to Coschignano and asking for the order to be vacated.







Last month, Coschignano agreed after Gayle and Grover failed to offer proof of their claims.


They also sought to be made “heirs” to the property, records show.


A lawyer for the couple, who appealed Coschignano’s decision, insisted to The Post earlier this month that they are not squatters, and that they believe they signed a valid lease in July with a man they thought was Edward Iacono.





A message regarding the eviction was not immediately returned.


“Our residents deserve to live in a safe and peaceful community and the troubling issues at 39 Brussel prevented that,” said North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Christine Liu, who visited the home Friday morning as the eviction was underway.


“Myself and my colleagues at the Town of North Hempstead were happy to assist the residents [to] finally resolve this matter. We thank the Sheriff’s Office for executing the eviction today.”