NJ Grandmother Could Be Evicted Because Grandson Visits Too Often

He brings her a coffee and a doughnut every morning. But that may be too much for those who run the housing complex where an 87-year-old New Jersey woman lives. Now they want her out.

Rose DiMaria, who was recently treated for breast cancer and suffers from an irregular heartbeat, apparently faces eviction because her grandson visits her Lodi apartment daily to bring her food and get her mail, according to a News4 New York report.

DiMaria has lived in a Lodi Public Housing Authority home for 67 years, but she recently received an eviction notice in the mail claiming she violated her lease by letting her grandson, 40-year-old Gregory Ciccione - whom they described as an "unauthorized visitor" - come too frequently, according to the report.

"He brings me coffee every morning, and a roll or a doughnut," DiMaria told the station. "It’s nice to have company – I don’t understand what is wrong with that."

Ciccione has previously served 3 years for mail fraud with his former business, according to the authority, and the report said he admitted to his crime - though insists he hasn’t tampered with his grandmother’s mail.

DiMaria says she has been a model tenant in her 67 years, telling News12 that she keeps a clean house, doesn't cause trouble.

DiMaria’s family says that they believe other family members have a dispute with Ciccone and are going after his grandmother to hurt him, according to News12. Ciccone admitted that he has had some trouble with the law in the past, having served some time in prison for fraud.

"I feel as if I'm being picked on for some reason. I don't know why,” DiMaria told the station. “Let me know what the reason is. Let me speak to it.”

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