not "Ralph W. Baker Jr."- The 46 year old Baker's name. Yes, these are two different people, but only one of them has their legal name on the document- the 63 yr old blind photographer - Ralph Baker
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2305363/Ralph-Baker-The-landlord-homeless-evil-doppelganger-trying-steal-building.html
A landlord in Brooklyn, New York, says he has an 'evil doppelganger' who is trying to steal his life and building.
Ralph Baker, 46, says he is the 'good Ralph Baker.' He says he has had to work to protect his property from a 63-year-old blind homeless man called Ralph Baker, who claims the building is actually his.
The two men are not related.
The older Baker even convinced a bail bondsman he owned the apartment building and used it as collateral to get released from jail.
Will the real Ralph Baker please stand up? Ralph Baker, 46, left, owns a building in Brooklyn. He says Ralph Baker, 63, right, is trying to scam his way into owning it
'I’m the good Ralph Baker, and he’s the evil Ralph Baker,' the younger Baker told a Brooklyn Supreme Court on Friday, according to the New York Post. 'I don’t like the guy, but I marvel at how ingenious he is.'
The older Baker has nothing in common with the younger, except that they share a name.
The older Baker is homeless and wears dreadlocks. He has 30 prior arrests, mostly for drug possession, contempt of course and vending without a license.
He previously made his money taking $20 photos of tourists in Times Square - despite being completely blind.
He has claimed in that the younger Baker is a squatter in the Fort Green, Brooklyn, building and that he owes thousands in back rent.
This is the $324,000 building in Fort Green, Brooklyn, that the two Ralph Bakers have been fighting over for years
The older Baker has even called the residents of the building and harassed them for rent money, the Post reports.
He was arrested in 2010 for filing false court papers claiming he owned the building.
Last year, when he was jailed on Riker's Island for unrelated charges, he convinced a bail bondsman that the building was his. The bondsman put up $200,000 cash and listed the younger Ralph Baker's $324,000 apartment building as collateral.
The older Baker was free for two months before authorities realized what had happened.
'He’s very crafty. I truly believe that he thinks he owns that building. That’s the scary part,' said bail bondsman Ira Judelson told the Post.
No comments:
Post a Comment