Anyone here who might be willing to weigh in on a situation I'm in?

[lady raven]

I'm having some legal trouble, all caused by a neighbor who has been harassing me since 9-2007. Her latest stunt appears to have put me at risk for arrest. I was hoping someone here who is a lawyer or cop wouldn't mind letting me send them my personal log of the situation and tell me what they think.

I have put a call in to an attorney who used to be a neighbor of mine, but he's out til next week. I don't want any heavy legal advice, just someone to listen and tell me if I'm in the wrong or not.

Thanks...


edited to remove cops/ lawyers. I just hope for some normal people who don't happen to be "good old boy small town cops" to weigh in on what they think.

[vadawg]

1. As a cop im telling you not to do this

chances are the laws were you live are totally different to were i work, so the advice would be sketchy, and you might sour any legal proceedings you have in the future. Plus if your neighbour comes over and chops you into small slices then i am in the shitter as well.

[MrCoffee]

3. As a lawyer, I'm completely agreeing with you.

[vadawg]

4. feck, makes a change all i ever get on DU is a big FU all the time

:)

[Midlodemocrat]

12. That's cause you're a douchebag.

:hide:

[vadawg]

15. im a douchebag with a gun so watch out Midlomedemocrat :)

[Midlodemocrat]

17. HA. I have BoyM AND a shotgun.

And excpetional typing skills as well as quick wit and personality.

[vadawg]

18. some men were born lucky, some of us were born a tripod

i can ttype for shit though

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Sounds dangerously close to legal advice to me, but who am I to argue?

:hide:

Oh, wait, she got the TS. Never mind.

[lady raven]

6. OK, but I'm not sure that jurisdiction will matter quite so much.

I'm just at a loss right now. I have been a nervous wreck, crying all day.

This woman filed a complaint with animal control stating that my dog was barking all day and all night (He is in the house all night and does NOT bark constantly) and I am being told that, based ONLY on her complaint, even though she has NO proof, they are going to issue a warrant for my arrest. I'm scared to death.

She has been harassing me using the legal system, Child protective services, the postal inspector, and even my own mother to harass.

I guess I was just hoping someone would read my story and tell me if they think it's fucked up or if I'm just crazy.

I do thank you for responding though.

[vadawg]

10. this is not advice, but call animal control yourself and ask them to explain the complaint

we all have crazy neighbours at one time or another.

[lady raven]

21. They are part of the problem as well! (Animal control)

I"m going to post my whole story from my personal notes in a moment. Nobody has to read it, but I'll post it. It's going to sound crazy in a sense no matter what because it was written at an emotional time and was meant to be for my own personal use. But it covers absolutely everything.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. +1

[lady raven]

16. That would be best

With the condition her crap has put me in, if she were to come and chop me into small slices, I think I'd be better off. I'm losing sleep, having heart palpitations, and today I had a panic attack. Being sliced to bits would be almost preferable.

She's a 70 something year old lady. It would make the news! I'd be famous.

[taterguy]

2. The odds of someone giving you a good answer are quite slim

They'd need to know all about local laws and whether or not you're in the wrong is frequently irrelevant when legal proceedings are involved

[lady raven]

9. Well, what I'm being accused of is completely false and never happened, so I can't

see how I would be in the wrong, but the cops sure seem to think so.

[Swede]

5. Phone the cops,so they have a record of this harrassment.

It is stalking behavior.

[lady raven]

7. The cops are part of the problem, unfortunately. n/t

[lady raven]

8. OK, would someone who is NOT a cop or NOT a lawyer read my story as a regular person

and tell me your opinion? I have been treated by law enforcement like I am some kind of crazy criminal.

I can promise that there is NOTHING missing from my story. There is no "there must be more to this". I feel VERY alone and like everyone I come in contact with thinks I'm a criminal or a nutcase.

Frankly, I think at this point that I AM turning into a nutcase. This woman has put me in fear of answering my door. I broke down crying yesterday after UPS rang the doorbell because I answered expecting to be taken away in handcuffs and it was just someone delivering my husband's CPAP supplies.

[Swede]

13. Time to lawyer up.

If cops are part of the problem.

[lady raven]

19. Hopefully my old neighbor will cut me a break. If not, I'm SOL.

I had to borrow money for diapers this week. The bond will be $500 and the fine about $1k. A lawyer would cost me more than both combined.

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Seriously, Trust me, you don't want to get legal advice from us.

We're all on parole or off our meds. It will just end badly.

[lady raven]

22. I don't know that it could possibly get any worse.

I'm going to jail because a neighbor lied and said that my dog is barking. I don't know that it could get any worse than that.

[Midlodemocrat]

23. As Swede said, time to lawyer up. Get some real advice.

And, best of luck to you.

[Swede]

24. I take umbrage to that remark.

I'm on parole AND off my meds.

[lady raven]

25. Here's my story, if anyone cares. I guess I'm just looking for some understanding more

Removed. Sorry.

[vadawg]

26. get a lawyer, NOW

[lady raven]

27. Sorry

I wish I hadn't posted.

[Haole Girl]

28. This has escalated to the point where...

you really do need an attorney.

I hope you can work it all out some how.

:hug:

[Mist]

30. I'll repeat that: GET A LAWYER NOW. I've also PM'd you. nt

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[grasswire]

29. honey, see if you can get some free legal help

See if there's some kind of service in your town that can provide assistance. That's the first thing, IMO.

[lady raven]

31. Thank you. I"ll do my best

I've been gone all evening taking my dog to his (hopefully not permanent) new home. I absolutely hate this.

Now that she won't be able to harass me over the dog anymore, she's going to move on to something else and our family will be minus a loved member.

I hope that at least this will result in her getting caught. As much as I hate it, I hope she makes some more false reports. Now that we can prove the dog isn't at this address at all.

She was lying before and I know it. The cops and animal control frankly don't care if she is telling the truth or not. They're going to go after me either way. But I don't see much way around it if the dog doesn't live here at all.