A Queens man charged with stealing a woman’s house out from under her is out on bail — and back in her house, the Daily News has learned.
Jennifer Merin, 70, says that Darrell Beatty went right back to her Laurelton home as soon as court records show he posted bail on Oct. 22.
“It’s so disturbing and unsettling,” Merin, a film critic, told The News on Tuesday. “I still don’t have my house.”
Beatty, 49, was busted last month on grand larceny and other charges for allegedly forging a deed to Merin’s home and then moving in with his two sons and their pit bull.
Merin’s primary residence is in Manhattan; she has maintained the Laurelton home — which had belonged to her family since 1930 — as a secondary residence.
She learned about the theft when she went to the home earlier this year to find out why her water bills had spiked — and discovered the locks had been changed and her car and furniture were missing.
“He’d removed everything from the house and moved in,” Merin said.
She said she went to the police for help, but was told her problem was a civil matter and there was nothing they could do.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown felt otherwise — his office indicted Beatty on seven felony counts last month.
Court records show Beatty posted his $25,000 bond on Oct. 22.
Merin said she has yet to see the damage inside, because even when Beatty was still locked up, his two sons and his pit bull were still holed up inside.
“It’s mind-boggling,” she said of their continued presence in the home. “I can’t even begin to describe the anguish that I feel.”
Merin will be in Queens Housing Court on Wednesday morning, where she’s seeking an order evicting Beatty and his sons. The criminal charges are a separate matter.
