Scary neighbors - Page 1

My parents have a Shih Tzu and Maltese.  My parents live in a nice community without sidewalks but nice wide road.  My mom and dad always pick up after their dogs and are careful to keep their dogs on the easement of someone's yard (like the 2' from the edge of the road although easements in my county go 7' in).  Someone moved into the house down the road from my parents and proceeded to put up signs of "no pooping, keep off grass".  My mom's dogs pooped and mom picked it up right away.  Next thing she knew the mother screamed at my mom "Are you too stupid to read the signs?".  My mom is not one to scare off so she walked up to the door, knocked and when it was answered by the woman, my mom said "I always pick up after my dogs, I understand your annoyance since I hate it when dogs poop in my yard and their owners leave it, I will always pick up after my dogs, welcome to the neighborhood, you will like it" smiled.  The lady called my mom a "bitch" and slammed the door in my mom's face so my mom walked down the driveway.  The son ran out of the house and ran after my mom shouting "I am an Iraq war veteran and I have excellent aim, next time your dogs poop in my yard, I will shoot you and your dogs with a bb gun".  Apparently he complained to the neighborhood HOA president (no ordinances against dogs pottying in the easement as long as it is cleaned up).  She told my mom he complained and she is letting my mom know.  She avoids his place but he seems to have latched onto my mom. Other dogs will go in his lawn including the big Mastiffs across the street and he says nothing.  He will stop his truck where ever he sees my mom on the street and scream at her that she is going to be sorry.  It has reached ridiculous proportions today, with him turning his truck around, zooming back up to my mom who was walking both dogs and screamed "that's it, I am done warning you, now you are going to be sorry" and zoomed off. Now my mom has not walked down near his house with the dogs in weeks but he keeps it up.  She finally talked to the HOA and our friend who is a retired deputy.  PD is aware of his behavior but nothing can be done and I understand PD hands are tied.  She has documented everything, times, dates, what was said, and so on.  I gave her a voice recorder to record him when he threatens her.  My parents are in their 80's and my dad is battling terminal stage 4 bone cancer (not that you would know, he walks the dogs and goes dancing with my mom and friends a couple times a month).  I am just amazed at some people.    ~ end rant ~

Oh my goodness Mindhunt, I feel so bad for your mom. :(   She has handled it extraordinarily well, with such class.  The best anyone could hope to do.  Your parents don't need this stress at their age.  Hugs to both of them. 

I hope that man and woman grow up and see what fools they are being.

I live in an HOA subdivison too, and am expecting and am on guard for any remarks about Hexi being on a long line when we are outside..it is my 33 ft long line used in our sport and I have three of them...I just put her in back yard for the time we sit on patio so she can run and watch the squirrels and get her sunshine and see all the people walking which she barks at..>Last night the boy friend of lady across and down one lot , screamed across our 1 acre lots , at her , shut up   B^&^&*. Hexi found him offensive and she barked harder....I watched the man in his front yard getting the sprinkler adjusted on his newly fiance girlf , as they were planting shrubs...Hexi barks only at people walking or coming into yard..she does not continue unless her water is turned over or we are in flowerbed and she wants to come closer...I do not allow my dogs to pester with barking..she is in house most other times or in truck on the go...we have a fence , wrough iron being put up in fall...I am aware someone may call AC and tell them she is tied up..It is against the law to leave her there if I am not out there...

THEY have no clue I am a trainer , but that matters not in some of these HOA neighborhoods...always ONE who pushes the buttons or thinks they KNOW IT ALL>>>

YR

MH,

Your story is alarming and I would be very concerned if it were my mother. It sounds like this guy is a coward and bully. That's why he picks on your mother, elderly woman walking two little dogs vs. (I'm guessing) younger person walking big scary dog (Mastiff). I bet if you and your husband walked your parents dogs in the easement in front of his house he wouldn't utter a peep. On the other hand he could be off his meds. I would caution her to steer as far away from him as possible. 

I hope it all works out....preferably he and his witchy mother move away.

Cheri

you can place restraining order, just fill out paper work and send it certified, once it is signed copy goes to police (that was my understanding when we had crazy neighbor who harassed us, but never followed through because we were moving)...now if he violates the restraining order of what ever set amount of feet than it becomes criminal act....ofcourse that is if you want to continue dealing with crazy people, sometimes piles of sh*t are best left alone till they stop stinking....

Update, the neighbor has put up huge handmade cardboard signs in his yard (against HOA regulations) that say "NO DOG SH*TTING OR PISSING ALLOWED OR ELSE" today.  He has officially scared all his neighbors and they have all told my mom not to walk down that part of the street.  He has threatened my mom (the F****ING B**CH WHO THINKS HER SH*T IS IMMUNE) to the neighbors, he has manhandled his girlfriend into the house when she didn't make the signs the way he wanted (people heard thudding sounds and squeals but nothing else).  No one wants to get involved in the BS.  Luckily he has not figured out where my parents live and he cruises up and down the street all day.  It is frightening and no one wants to get involved, all the people are 65 and older. People have learned the hard way not to call this particular department for help since they will tell the person who complained about them.  My brother is hooking up a video surveillance system because we want to be able to monitor their house.  Apparently he has a collection of rifles and handguns.

I suggest someone do something or you may read about your Parents in the paper...this is why so many of these school and post office disgruntled killings and men shooting their parents all over our country...People are afraid to step up...someone needs to get videos and or pictures of the posters and use a phone on people when walking past his house...to verify and ask the PD to use judgement as these are seniors..GO to the city manager of the city and ask his help in doing it discretely..

I would not over look this one...he is nutzzzzzzz

YR

I drove by just because I was curious.  I used to work for a private detective so I get being under the radar.  He followed me and then broke off to follow another are with women in it.  My guess is he has an issue with women.  My son drove by with the idiot siting in his garage and he never twitched.  Hmmmm wonder what he has issue with...............

This does not sound like a good situation for your parents.  If your police dept is not a good option, can you contact your DA for advice ?

Do your folks own guns?! 

People are scum sometimes. Someone stole my WUSV magnet that I bought and gave to my son. His truck broke down, we towed it. Decided to sell it and went to get our stuff. All I wanted was the WUSV magnet, back. The thief left the swim related themed ones, and took my WUSV 2013! 

Geeze. It is bound to become a collectors item, with all this legal brou-ha-ha going on. Damn.

If the person who sold them is known, let me know! I will buy another one!