'Neighbor from Hell': what the residents of the house say, set on fire by a Russian-speaking New Yorker

The atmosphere created by the arsonist in the apartment building was depressing. Some neighbors were depressed from the actions of 38-year-old Yevgeny Kotlyarov, while others were seriously injured. This publication writes Daily News.

"Neighbor from Hell"

Yevgeny Kotlyarov, 38, who set up two fires in one week in the Amalgamated Warbasse Houses residential building at 2780 West 5th Street in Brooklyn, was taken into custody.

After that, the residents of the house shared terrible stories, calling the troublemaker "a neighbor from hell." They say he kept them in fear from last fall until the moment of arrest.

Besides the fact that he made several fires in a residential building, one of which completely burned down the corridor. Busoter also left wall graffiti, accusing one of the tenants of being a “child rapist,” beating another neighbor and stole a video camera at his neighbor’s door.

On Tuesday, June 16, he was finally detained on charges of organizing several fires. He made the first arson on June 11, the second on June 15. On Wednesday, June 17, he was charged and detained. The court assigned a deposit of $ 150 thousand for it.

The 70-year-old neighbor of the detainee, who refused to give her name, says the conflict began in October. Kotlyarov knocked on her door and complained of "vibrations" emanating from her apartment. Over the next months, he knocked on her door several times and took with her the security camera she had installed. A video of the incident was recorded by the camera. It shows how Kotlyarov covers his face with an umbrella while he removes the camera. In the second video, taken before the theft, Kotlyarov knocks excitedly on the neighbor’s door and breathes heavily.

A woman on this occasion repeatedly called the building’s security service and the police.

Kotlyarov pursued another neighbor, living a floor below. This was told by the victim herself. On June 11, the woman was in her apartment on the fifth floor when she heard the smell of smoke. She and a roommate called 911.

As it turned out later, Kotlyarov arranged the arson. The moment of arson was captured by surveillance cameras. In the video, the offender first made some graffiti with accusations against one of the neighbors, and then set fire to the door.

Three days later, Kotlyarov started a second fire near his neighbor's apartment. This time, she says, her hands were shaking so badly with fear that she was unable to use the phone to call for help. Instead, she went to the window and screamed. “I couldn't imagine that in three days he would come again,” she said. - I endured the first case a little easier. But the second time I was in shock. I screamed out the window. I couldn't call because I was very nervous. "

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Despite the fact that the incident hurt her and she suffers from heart failure, the woman says she is afraid to go to the hospital because of the coronavirus pandemic.

As a result of the second fire, smoke entered the apartment of another neighbor. The 37-year-old David I., breathing in smoke, almost lost consciousness, but managed to safely get into his apartment. At home, a girl was waiting for him, 30-year-old Julia N. She says that as soon as she opened the door, "everything turned black."

Julia took the child, the dog and went into the room, located further from the entrance to the apartment. She says that David coughed a few days later.

“He was an unhealthy person,” a neighbor said about Kotlyarov and added that everyone inside the building knew about the conflict between him and other residents.

Another resident, Paul, said that in April he also had a conflict with Kotlyarov. Once he heard a noise at his door and opened it. On the threshold stood Kotlyarov, who began to call Paul and spat on his face. After this, Paul followed Kotlyarov to his apartment, where he attacked a neighbor with a baseball bat.

According to Paul, Kotlyarov broke the bat on his head, which caused him to lose consciousness. Now he has two large scars, and Paul also remembers how Kotlyarov promised to "kill" him. “I thought I was finished,” said the victim.

Paul and his wife Agnes filed a complaint. But detectives arrested Paul for threatening actions and did not attach importance to his accusations of attacking Kotlyarov. “I didn't do anything with him. It was completely unprovoked, said Paul. "After the attack, I could not sleep, I was depressed."

Paul said Kotlyarov used Molotov cocktails to light a fire.

When he complained to Detective Omar Santiago of Detective Section 60 in an April 19 email, Santiago accused Paul of confrontation. “You shouldn't have argued with him,” Santiago wrote. - Leaving your apartment to confront this "maniac" is beyond the brink of madness. What he did to you was a way out of aggression, although expensive, but he was never aggressive. You aggravated it. "

Paul said the police and building guards “completely ignore our cries for help.”

Kotlyarov was numerous charges in arson, burglary and criminal damage. The case will be examined by the Brooklyn County Attorney's Office. However, there is currently no evidence of a criminal case against Kotlyarov in connection with the incident related to Paul.