Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Connecticut

Do they get security back if they broke the lease?

We rented our condo to 2 couples. Their lease is up 7/31/09 but they weren't getting along so they moved out early 5/29 We have an email saying they would pay the rent through the end of the lease, my husband said if we could rent it early they can get their security back. Husband got a call from a prospective renter on 5/22 so he called up the tenant in charge of handling the decisions & asked him if he could go in, the tenant told him where the key was under a rock. My husband goes in & shows the place. 10 mins later he gets a call from the guy's girlfriend and she is flipping out saying we can't do that, they need 24 hrs notice. Her boyfriend gave the okay. Why would he tell him where the key is then correct? Well the boyfriend lied to her not to hear her mouth like he usually does & she called the cops. Told the cop my husband broke into the condo through the living room screen, she even bent it to make it look like he did! The cop seemed to believe my husband...I will be going to the police station to get a copy of the report. We received a letter from them wanting their security back but they still owe 2 months rent-they said we violated the lease by not giving 24 hrs & now lease is null&void, but they broke lease in April.

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