My Landlord Forced Entry Into My Home This Morning

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Okay, a little back story - I've been having major disputes with my drug dealing neighbors. I have overlooked their one dog pooping all in my yard because she is not kept on a leash or in a fence - I have overlooked their other dog chasing after me-my kids-my brother and my mother. I have even overlooked those 2 minutes "stop and go" cars that appear all throughout the night....until one day when I apparently gave her a nasty look. She called the humane society on me - claiming that my dogs live in feces. I was checked out and even received "spot checks" from the humane society. I'm all in the clear. When she found out that they didn't do anything to me - (cuz I haven't done anything wrong)...she called my landlord and told him that I have feces all over the inside of my house. (which is funny since the woman has never been here since I moved in). Anyways, my boyfriend goes outside this morning to let the dog do his business. It's 9am Sunday morning. The landlord appears. Now, I am half asleep and half naked as well. I was in the living room cuz my kids were gone for the weekend and we watched movies all Saturday night and ended up sleeping in the living room. Well, I hear my boyfriend saying "no, she's asleep, let me put the dog in and I'll come out and talk to you." No sooner as he goes to put the dog in through the door, the landlord grabs the door, pushes my boyfriend out of the way and barges in - with me just waking up to all the noise and I'm not fully dressed. I started screaming for him to get out...my boyfriend is yelling at him to get out - reminding him he was not given permission to enter. The landlord claims "I'm checking on my property"....he looked around the kitchen/living room - all he could see from where he was standing and of course, everything was clean and there was nothing wrong. He claims he didn't give us permission for dogs - which he did - he even saw all my dogs when he came to fix a sewage problem months ago and he didn't seem to care then. He started screaming that we have 1 day to get out and that he'll be bringing the cops with him tomorrow. I reminded him he can't do that - even though we are on a verbal month-to-month...all the utilities are in my name - I am a tenant. He must go through "Due process"...he got extra pissed when I said that and he said it doesn't matter - he's coming back. Here's the kicker. I called State Police. State police told me that the landlord has every right to enter my home - at any time - without warning - whenever he wants cuz he owns the property. I had to point out PA LAW to the cops- who still continued to say that the landlord had the right to enter the property. According to PA law, the only time a landlord can lawfully enter a property without prior consent is if there is an emergency that cannot wait for consent, such as broken water pipes or smoke/fire..things of that nature. Otherwise, the landlord must provide 24 hour notice. Ain't it a shame that this is the law, yet I call 911 for the landlord forcing his way in and refusing to leave and I am told that I have no rights???? I am going to the local magistrate tomorrow morning and speaking with an attorney. Basically, it boils down to the fact that the landlord is friends with the neighbor and they all just want me gone. I have had nothing but problems from ALL of them since I moved in... Anyone ever experience anything like this?????