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I have a question for everyone... I lived in a first-floor apartment in Glen Ellyn, IL with my boyfriend (at the time). A month or two after signing my lease, my boyfriend (at the time) held a knife to my throat and threatened my life if I did not give him my ATM card and car keys. He was a drug addict - which I didn't know about, and he hung around Chicago with other drug addicts. I ended up calling the Police after he left. The Police came to my apartment and spoke to me. Then we went to the apartment maintenance man's apartment (which was next-door to mine). We arranged to have my door locks changed immediately - in fact he was changing them before we left. I went and stayed at my friend's house overnight. The very next day, that "boyfriend" called me at work and harassed me - from my own landline in my apartment. I have no idea how he managed to get back into my apartment, but he did. Anyway, I ended up having my family move all of my belongings out-of-state, I had no job, no income - nothing but my family's support. To make a long story short... the apartment complex came after me, took me to court and won a judgment against me. Does anyone else think that it is unfair that I got penalized when the apartment complex did not provide a safe place for me to live?