I was a resident of Belleville, NJ till October last year sharing a two B/R apartment before I moved to Cincinnati last year. However I let my ex roommate continue the lease till the original duration of feb 2008 and I paid out my portion of the rent so I could get my security deposit of $1300 back. However now that the check for the same amount has been mailed to my ex-roommate he refuses to give my my share back saying he used up my share in cleaning up the apartment when he was vacating it. He deemed the apartment to be ok by him when I left it and also currently doesn't have any bills to prove that he spent $1300 or thereabouts (very hard to believe anyone can spend that much to clean an apartment left in very clean state 5 months back by me). Can I sue him for this and can I file my case in a local court here in Ohio to avoid the hassle of having to travel to NJ to settle this? Any kind of help shall be greatly appreciated.

