Richard Kreimer's Homeless Scam

Have you read about the homeless guy, Richard Kreimer, making his living by suing people for kicking him out of public places and off public transportation because he stinks and aggravates people with his behavior?

Back in 1991 Kreimer sued and won nearly a quarter of a million bucks from Morristown and the Morris Township Public Library because they kicked him out because of his obnoxious body odor and his habit of staring at people in library. Why should people have to put up with a smelly weirdo? Why is this even a problem for courts to solve?

Kreimer received $230,000 from the 1991 harassment suit after a federal judge ruled a library's rules on hygiene were unconstitutional. That ruling was later overturned, but not before Kreimer had been paid. Ah, sorry too late your tax money has already been flushed down the toilet.

The New York Times recalls an ACLU lawyer who represented Kreimer in a 1991 voting rights case, calling him "driven and difficult" to deal with, as well as manipulative. Kreimer even carries out his own PR efforts, anonymously calling a New York Times reporter, claiming that he was a New Jersey Transit employee.

He said that "Richard Kreimer was back," prompting talks between the transit agency and the A.C.L.U. over the treatment of homeless people.

Are you asking yourself why this guy is still homeless if he won $230,000? You shoulda known, the lawyers got half and he blew the rest.

Now Kreimer’s figured out how to shakedown a contract carrier for NJ Transit in Morris County for an undisclosed sum. He was asking for $5 million. He also still has federal lawsuits pending against NJ Transit, the city of Summit, and others because he says he was kicked out of train stations because he is homeless.

Here’s what the NJ Transit bus driver in the middle of Kreimer’s latest rip-off had to say:

But in a written statement given to police last April, driver Robert Begbie acknowledged refusing to let Kreimer board his bus on April 14, 2005 "as he is a real problem child. He annoys other passengers and tape records all conversations and most of all being homeless, he smells very bad and it's not fair to me or the passengers that we have to put up with the smell ... We really would be happy not seeing him anymore."

See what I mean? We need an attitude change in this state. This guy Kreimer travels around annoying people with his crazy behavior and nasty body odor and now we gotta pay him and his greedy lawyers. Judges in New Jersey that buy into this crap are to blame for making scams like this possible.

I’ve read the New Jersey Constitution and I don’t see where it says you have a right to get in other people’s faces and make them retch at your stench. Kreimer isn’t discriminated against because he’s homeless, he purposely bothers people for profit. We need changes in this state.