[Darby]

You better check the rental laws for Massachusetts. I don't think you can legally do any of what you've done unless you follow a process. At the very least, you have to give the person an opportunity to come get their property--write a letter telling what you intend to do and when you intend to do it, but give a reasonable time for person to collect stuff. You can't make your own justice. If you had a contract that says if the rent wasn't paid, you could keep the stuff, that would be something, but the lease isn't with you, it's with the landlord, so actually you don't have any standing. File a claim for the rent money paid by you in small claims court.