By Sarah Wallace
A New York State Senate candidate who sparked a firestorm
after telling the I-Team he was planning to hand out "Kool Aid, KFC and
watermelons" at a campaign event in Harlem faces new accusations over
an alleged rental scam.
On
Wednesday, a Manhattan grand jury indicted 38-year-old Jon Girodes, the
Republican candidate for New York’s 30th District in the November
election, on grand larceny charges in connection with a suspected scheme
where he allegedly stiffed renters out of deposit money for a midtown
apartment and then left them with no place to live.
Girodes remained in jail, unable to post the $75,000 bond. His attorney has not responded to repeated requests for comment.
The
I-Team spoke with nearly a dozen people who responded to a Craigslist
ad, discovering later that Girodes rented them the same apartment, at
the same time. They said he made excuses why they couldn’t move in,
leaving them homeless.
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Source: NBC News - 4 New York
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