Mysterious Bitchy Neighbor, should I do anything?

16vCorey wrote: ...he probably realized that Colleen and I are reasonable people...

Is Colleen hot and prone to tell people to berkeley off when they hit on her?

Semi-new development: I haven't had any complaints in a while, but the person I suspect of being the complainer is constantly creeping through my neighborhood, really slow, for no apparent reason. I've also noticed that for the last few months I've been seeing an animal control truck coming through pretty regularly. There's a lot of stray cats around, so I didn't think much of increased patrolling, that is until I found out that he's now an animal control officer. Once again, this is a dead end street. He has no business creeping through. He never stops. He's not friends with anyone on the street. It's stalker-y and weird, and it's kind of creeping me out.

Is there anything I can do? I'm considering reporting a suspicious silver 2010-ish F150 (he must have traded in the Fusion, for those keeping track) that is constantly creeping through the neighborhood. Citing that there has been some theft on our street, and there are lots of kids in the neighborhood, and the last thing we need is a thief or a pedophile casing the street.

What do you all think?

Zimmerman.

For real. He even kind of looks like him. It's freakin' me out a little.

In reply to 16vCorey:

Make sure to get him out of the truck before you fire....

I would just keep reporting the vehicle to police....as a teen I personally used the "homemade spike strip" method quite successfully.

Do it.

Nothing wrong w/ reporting a 'suspicious' vehicle at all, happens all the time. PD would probably prefer being dispatched that way as to a crime scene... nip it in the bud.

Call animal control and ask why they come through the neighborhood so damned often. We can't get AC to come without a major problem, then they usually come out and give us a trap to catch the animal ourselves so we can call them to come get it.

In reply to Datsun1500:

Get a video camera and make it obvious that you are getting his actions on record. Stand out in the yard with the camera, and video the entire drive by, as many times as you notice it. Then, get the cops involved.

16vCorey wrote: For real. He even kind of looks like him. It's freakin' me out a little.

Weird. I kind of thought you're zimmerman and he's trayvon in the scenario, as you're the one who owns the house, and he's the one creepin through the hood lookin all suspicious. Is he black?

JOKES!

But berkeley yeah. Call the cops (turnabout is fair play) or (what I would do,) just ask him what the berkeley he's doing...though apparently, this can end up with Eric Holder up your as and thousands of death threats.

EastCoastMojo wrote: Get a video camera and make it obvious that you are getting his actions on record. Stand out in the yard with the camera, and video the entire drive by, as many times as you notice it. Then, get the cops involved.

This is a berkeleying horrible idea.

poopshovel wrote:

EastCoastMojo wrote: Get a video camera and make it obvious that you are getting his actions on record. Stand out in the yard with the camera, and video the entire drive by, as many times as you notice it. Then, get the cops involved.

This is a berkeleying horrible idea.

I'd shove a stroller full of fresh hamburg in onsies out in front of him from behind a parked car.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

EastCoastMojo wrote: Get a video camera and make it obvious that you are getting his actions on record. Stand out in the yard with the camera, and video the entire drive by, as many times as you notice it. Then, get the cops involved.

This is a berkeleying horrible idea.

I'd shove a stroller full of fresh hamburg in onsies out in front of him from behind a parked car.

This is a berkeleying brilliant idea.

poopshovel wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

EastCoastMojo wrote: Get a video camera and make it obvious that you are getting his actions on record. Stand out in the yard with the camera, and video the entire drive by, as many times as you notice it. Then, get the cops involved.

This is a berkeleying horrible idea.

I'd shove a stroller full of fresh hamburg in onsies out in front of him from behind a parked car.

This is a berkeleying brilliant idea.

I don't know if I should be happy or sad that I don't live closer to you guys.

Racer1ab wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

EastCoastMojo wrote: Get a video camera and make it obvious that you are getting his actions on record. Stand out in the yard with the camera, and video the entire drive by, as many times as you notice it. Then, get the cops involved.

This is a berkeleying horrible idea.

I'd shove a stroller full of fresh hamburg in onsies out in front of him from behind a parked car.

This is a berkeleying brilliant idea.

I don't know if I should be happy or sad that I don't live closer to you guys.

If you did, we'd be on our way to Corey's with an expendable stroller, onesies, and a cooler full of meat and Evan Williams.

poopshovel wrote: If you did, we'd be on our way to Corey's with an expendable stroller, onesies, and a cooler full of meat and Wild Turkey Rare Breed.

FTFY

Sounds like fun, I'm great at drinking and talking to the authorities...now to combine these talents.

'Neighbor from Hell pleads guilty to violating restraining order
http://www.startribune.com/local/east/215590071.html

A White Bear Lake woman dubbed “the neighbor from hell” pleaded guilty Monday to violating a restraining order by videotaping her neighbor’s home and car, the latest in a long line of transgressions that have landed her in trouble.

Lori E. Christensen, 50, initially tried to evade responsibility as she accepted a plea agreement in Ramsey County District Court that avoids prison time. Christensen told Judge Judith Tilsen that she could have “inadvertently” filmed her neighbor’s home and car while using video surveillance on her own property.

Christensen has been warned to stop harassing her neighbors and has faced restraining orders and jail time. She was even barred from returning to her home, unless escorted by police.

She’s mocked neighbor Greg Hoffman’s wife, a recovering alcoholic, played with a toy remote-controlled car outside and yelled, “Drunk driver, drunk driver,” as the Hoffmans’ son celebrated his birthday, posted signs in her yard disparaging the family (one read “Fat people disgust me” and another, “I saw mommy kissing a breathalyzer”) and lifted her shirt, exposing her bra to the Hoffmans, who live across the street.

In court Monday, she admitted, again, that she got out of line.

Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Karen Kugler said Christensen has previously “mucked around” with the facts.

“Do you think you’re guilty of violating your restraining order?” Tilsen said, stepping in to bring Christensen in line.

“Yes, I’m guilty,” Christensen said.

Christensen then tried to backtrack some more, saying that she thought the restraining order only applied to the people, not their property.

“You’re really being a little equivocal,” Tilsen said.

Her attorney, Gary Wolf, said earlier that Christensen videotaped herself mowing the lawn to protect herself.

Christensen has called the police and city inspectors on her neighbors dozens of times, once for an unfounded report of a car with a flat tire sitting in their driveway and another time because paper from their bin blew into her yard.

Christensen has yelled at Hoffman’s wife and once made masturbatory gestures toward Hoffman and his 8-year-old daughter, according to court documents.

Wolf told Tilsen that Christensen has been dubbed “the neighbor from hell,” and has drawn media interest from Dr. Phil, the ABC News program 20/20 and media that flew in from Australia.

Wolf likened the situation to Frankenstein.

“This is crazy,” he told the judge.

Christensen’s plea agreement calls for community service, 10 years probation, a 10-year “stay-away order” from the neighborhood and a 10-year no-contact order with the Hoffman family.

She is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 11.

Racer1ab wrote: Sounds like fun, I'm great at drinking and talking to the authorities...now to combine these talents.

I will learn ye the ways.

My kind of people.

In my nieghborhood/street, there's a lot of car/bike guys. I can't remember a Saturday afternoon I haven't been drinking in my garage blasting freebird, my roommate hasn't done a burnout in our driveway/garage, the neighbor isn't doing pulls in his circle track car tuning the carb, the other neighbor doesn't have his ProStreet friend's over, etc. It's like living in Ricky Bobby's dream world.

At my Parents house.... they don't like the E36 M3piles I bring home, leak crap all over the driveway/street, blow up, and leave sitting in the street for a couple weeks. Nor do they like my dad's Harley/4-wheeler shenanigans at any hour of the day. My dad's been given letters a handful of times to stop cleaning deer hanging from the garage door opening. We comply whenever we've gotten complaints over there, but with how my dad typically looks when he's not in business attire... I truly believe most are scared of him and think he runs a notorious biker gang.

Animal control/compliance officer that's stalking is a scary thing. We got to deal with Dennis Rader as the Park City compliance officer when we lived in the Wichita area-- he turned out to be the BTK Strangler serial killer.

Harrassment of this sort is pretty close to his MO.