Here is my situation - sorry if It gets too long
Roughly 10 months ago my roomate and me left a rental b/c the landlord was raising the rent by almost 40%. We were month to monthers and didn't have a lease of any kind. The landlord had an "illegal" house in the back which was a renovated garage that he lived in. He had the cable in his name and when I asked him if I could connect cable modem he was fine with it. I picked up the cable modem and paid $100 for it but since I purchased it for HIS account it is his so I am out $100. He called me a few times over the months on my cell phone but never explained what he wanted and I wasnt too into calling this guy who hiked my rent so I returned a call or two but let it go, the other day he leaves me a message saying that there are two cablevision channel changing boxes missing and I owe him the monthly fee of $39.99 and he is involving the police. This is all bull since we left the boxes behind (I have no use for them) and I returned the modem to him. I am wondering if he could just go to the police and just say i took them and get me in trouble when it is his account and he should have (I assume) have collected these things before we left. Personally I would like to not talk to him at all but I don't want to get arrested for something that he is 100% wrong about, especially since we have been gone for 10 months!
any help is appreciated
Mark
alvy@optonline.net