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Porsche-driving Long Island squatters evicted by sheriff’s deputies who changed locks, removed their belongings

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Kathianne Boniello
Published April 13, 2024, 7:57 a.m. ET
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A pair of accused Porsche-driving squatters who allegedly duped a judge to get legal rights to a home they didn’t own were evicted this week when Nassau County sheriff’s changed the locks and removed their belongings — including a big screen TV and their luxe ride.

Deputies knocked on the door of the Brussel Drive home in New Hyde Park around 8:30 a.m. Friday, escorting Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover out and watching as they loaded a moving truck.

The couple, who also share a toddler son, put their dog Daisy in the Porsche as they emptied the two-story Cape Cod, which had been in foreclosure for a decade and abandoned for years after members of the family that owned it died.

Man named Denton Gayle being evicted and carried out of his home on Brussels Drive by Nassau County Sheriffs
Sheriff’s deputies brought Denton Gayle out of the home Friday morning. J.C. Rice
Gayle carrying the couple's dog, Daisy, into a car.
Gayle placing the couple’s dog, Daisy, into their Porsche. J.C. Rice
240412_ Nassau County Sheriffs evict Denton Gayle (center left) from 39 Brusssel Drive , New Hyde Park, NY, Credit J.C.Rice
Authorities removed the couples’ belongings from the home this week. J.C. Rice

Gayle and Grover turned up at the dilapidated home last year, said irate neighbors who claimed the couple harassed them.

They were arrested in October after a 911 caller, concerned for the couple’s child, reported squalid conditions.

A Town of North Hempstead building inspector’s report deemed the structure, which had no heat, electricity, hot water or working bathrooms, “unlivable.”

Nassau County Sheriffs evict Denton Gayle from 39 Brusssel Drive , New Hyde Park, NY, Credit J.C.Rice
The couple had tried to claim they signed a lease for the home — which had no heat, electricity or hot water. J.C. Rice
Denton Gayle carries out a large screen television while sheriff's deputies look on.
Denton Gayle carries out a large-screen television while sheriff’s deputies look on. J.C. Rice
Sheriffs evict Denton Gayle from 39 Brusssel Drive , New Hyde Park, NY, Credit J.C.Rice
Gayle and Grover claimed they signed a rent-to-own agreement. J.C. Rice

Gayle, 29, and Grover, 19, then went to Nassau Housing Court, and claimed to Judge Christopher Coschignano they had signed a rent-to-own agreement in July with the owner, Edward Iacono — even offering a lease with Iacono’s “signature.”

Coschignano ordered they be allowed to return.

Margaret Grover in front of the house at 39 Brussel Drive
Margaret Grover shares a son with Denton Gayle.
grover starting at the camera eating an apple slice
Margaret Grover and Gayle turned up at the dilapidated home last year, said irate neighbors.
Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover squatting in a two-story house, surrounded by trees, at 39 Brussel Dr. New Hyde Park, LI
The two-story home was empty for years before Gayle and Grover began living there. Kathianne Boniello

But Iacono had died in 2016.

And his son, Edward Iacono Jr., died in 2018.

Furious neighbors went to court, submitting death certificates to Coschignano and asking for the order to be vacated.

Last month, Coschignano agreed after Gayle and Grover failed to offer proof of their claims.

They also sought to be made “heirs” to the property, records show.

A lawyer for the couple, who appealed Coschignano’s decision, insisted to The Post earlier this month that they are not squatters, and that they believe they signed a valid lease in July with a man they thought was Edward Iacono.

A message regarding the eviction was not immediately returned.

“Our residents deserve to live in a safe and peaceful community and the troubling issues at 39 Brussel prevented that,” said North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Christine Liu, who visited the home Friday morning as the eviction was underway.

“Myself and my colleagues at the Town of North Hempstead were happy to assist the residents [to] finally resolve this matter. We thank the Sheriff’s Office for executing the eviction today.”

Additional reporting by JC Rice