'Somehow a CBS reporter with a camera crew and multiple delivery people were able to reach my apartment door without me receiving a call. 'I've specifically told the front desk on numerous occasions after the burglary to call me for every guest who wants to see me.' 'Tenants rarely get calls for guests/delivery people,' he said. Mayo-Smith told that although the high rise has a doorman, 'anyone with a pizza box and an apartment number can get into the building.' Studio apartments start at $3,000 a month and can go up to $5,000 to $7,000 a month for a two-bedroom depending on how high up you are. He said he has lived at the building for more than two years, and whoever was in his apartment 'completely escaped the notice of Silver Towers security.'Īccording to McQuillan, Silver Towers has studio, one and two-bedroom apartments. Part of the reason, he said, was the NYPD Evidence Collection Team warned there was risk of contracting Hepatitis B from the needles and bodily fluids that were left behind. Utterly shaken by what had taken place, the resident said that at the advice of the NYPD, he temporarily moved to a hotel. 'The only way someone could have entered his apartment is if he let them in, or if he left his door unlocked,' McQuillan said.Īccording to Mayo-Smith, the vandal stayed in his studio apartment for days accessing his streaming media accounts, hacking into his private email, and accessing information health, tax and financial documents. 'There are no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing.'Īccording to Dara McQuillan, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Silverstein Properties, however, the police found no sign of forced entry. One of the messages said: '25 more moves to go,' and cryptic symbols had been written on the wall.Īn NYPD spokesperson said an 'unknown individual(s) entered the apartment and removed approximately $3,494 worth of items and fled.' He said strange handwritten notes were left behind. 'I tiptoed around with a baseball bat like an idiot until it was clear that the apartment was empty.' What made the ordeal even more terrifying was that once Mayo-Smith was inside his apartment - he thought the vandal was still there 'hiding.' 'There was drug paraphernalia next to my couch,' Mayo-Smith said. 'The Creeper left behind needles, a suitcase, shoes, dirty dishes, and hair shavings in the bathroom sink.' The software engineer told that when he returned to his apartment it was in shambles and appeared to have been burglarized and transformed into a drug den. He said before he left on his trip he locked his apartment door. Thomas Mayo-Smith said the hellish discovery was made on September 6 when he returned home to his apartment at Silver Towers, a high-rise building located on West 42nd Street. Published: 22:08 BST, 7 October 2022 | Updated: 02:21 BST, 8 October 2022Ī 28-year-old Manhattan man returned home from vacation to discover that a stranger had been living in his apartment while he was away - sleeping in his bed, wearing his clothes, eating his food, and even doing drugs. A Silver Towers spokesperson told Mayo-Smith's story 'doesn't add up'.He filed a report with the Tenth Precinct and the case is still being investigated.He said he created his own security system to feel safe again in his apartment after the terrifying ordeal.He told that though the building has a doorman, he said 'anyone with a pizza box and an apartment number can get into the building.'.When he told building management about the horrifying ordeal he said they really 'have not done much to enhance security'.'The Creeper left behind needles, a suitcase, shoes, dirty dishes, and hair shavings in the bathroom sink,' he said.6 when he returned from his trip he discovered his entire apartment had been ransacked EXCLUSIVE: Software engineer, 28, returns home after six days of vacation to discover a STRANGER turned his NYC apartment into a drug den littered with dirty needles and strange handwritten notes
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