Residents of Dakota Valley Mobile Park on East Helena’s northern edge describe their landlord Malcolm Fan as rude, dismissive, even dangerous – and the reason they were unwilling to share their names with a visiting reporter on a late September afternoon.
One tenant, a mother of two, recalled incidents of harassment and hints of violence. When she started feeling threatened by Fan’s aggressive tone over the phone, she let him know she wanted to record their conversations – and he refused.
Her dogs, a boxer and a terrier, had been included in her lease agreement. Yet Fan accused her – without evidence, according to the woman – of housing “dangerous” animals that bit neighbors. He threatened to evict her if she failed to find them new homes, and when she struggled to do so, he advised her to shoot and kill them.
