That is what she is saying renter lie like that to the police often.
That point can be easily investigated. If she didn’t pay her rent, then she can be kicked out. No problem But if she was current, then he had no right to do anything like what he did.
And even if she was behind on her rent, he can call the sheriff’s department to get her out. That’s one of the things they do there. Enforcing legal orders of eviction. Some states even allow you to go into the property and take stuff like the TV to hold until the rent is paid. He could have done that too. But he endangered the lives of everyone in the place and probably adversely affected his own life by doing this stupid act.
So... yay that woman and her family are out. But he’ll spend a lot of time behind bars, won’t be able to rent out that place to someone else, and will probably lose that land.
Way to go.