So the crazy old woman who lives next to my grandmother is at it again. For the past 10 years, she has had an obsession with clear cutting the sides of my grandmother's 80 year old pear trees (she does it on a bi-monthly basis). Today she finally made me blow up.
My grandmother called me to tell me that she was cutting the trees again. So as usual, I went over to her house, to watch the tree cutters, so I could make sure that they don't trim past the property line (which is exactly where our fence is). I went to the foreman on the job and gave him a copy of a letter that our family lawyer typed up several years ago informing them that it is illegal for them to trim past the property line and if they do trim past the line, they will be sued (that's how bad things get with this woman). I also went and knocked on the woman's door, and gave her a copy of the letter. I also verbally informed her that we would sue her if the trees were trimmed even half an inch past the property line.
Everything went well, until the woman spotted a squirrel nest in the tree (she hates squirrels, and my grandmother feeds them). The nest was past the fence, but she told the foreman that she'd give him $250 extra to cut it out. I over heard this, and I went over to her, and informed her that if she did not tell them to stop, she would be sued for the full value of the tree, and that my family would make sure that she was bogged down in the courts until the day she finally drops dead. She asked to get off of her property (which I promptly did). The tree cutter cut the nest down (and in the process cutting over 2 feet into our property. I then called our lawyer, and then the police (at the advice of the lawyer). My grandmother got kind of cocky, and taunted the woman, who then decided to say that she would make her pay if we sued her. We took that as a threat (because she has previously sent her son over with a shotgun with which he threatened to kill my grandmother if she didn't stop feeding the squirrels).
I told her that it would be wise to shut her poison mouth, at which point she decided to call my grandmother a "dried up old crazy hag" and the b and c words. I then lost it and told her that she was the crazy b word and that my family has the power to kill any of her reputation in our town (small town, and we do have the power). She then decided to throw her cane at me, and used the excuse that she was defending her property from a trespasser (I was three feet past our fence (we've also had disputes about the property line that went to court , we won that dispute; she says we paid off the judge
). The police officer who showed up is her son-in-law, who decided to threaten me with arrest for "verbally badgering" our lovely neighbor. I got his badge number, and told him that a formal complaint will be filed against him. The last we heard from the woman personally, was a call she made to our house in which she told me that if I don't stop hasseling her over the trees, she will make me pay. I told her to f-off drop dead and burn in hell where she belongs and hung up the phone.
Our lawyer has already drawn up papers to sue her and the tree trimmers for destruction of our property and emotional distress, and he will be filing them within the hour. Now her son just pulled up in his huge ass truck, and is staring me down (from his mother's lawn) as I type this on my laptop. I've been kind enough to flip him the bird a few times. He's also thrown a rock at my dog while it's been sitting in the yard with me because she barked at him (she's a miniature dachshund).
This woman is verifiably crazy, when her husband was still alive, she told the mail man on a daily basis that he was holding her captive as his sex slave (he was 96 when he died, four years ago). She also has a tradition of throwing crumpled up paper out her door on halloween at kids who try to trick or treat at her house. She's just nuts.
I've decided to stay with my grandmother in case her son decides to come over with a shotgun again, when they get served either tonight or tomorrow.
I have a few questions for you guys:
1) Should I try to press charges against her for trying to assault me with her cane?
2) Should I try to press charges for the threats she has made?
3) What can I do about her son trying to hurt my dog with a rock?
4) Any advice on how I can keep myself composed while dealing with this woman?
Thanks,
-Don
My grandmother called me to tell me that she was cutting the trees again. So as usual, I went over to her house, to watch the tree cutters, so I could make sure that they don't trim past the property line (which is exactly where our fence is). I went to the foreman on the job and gave him a copy of a letter that our family lawyer typed up several years ago informing them that it is illegal for them to trim past the property line and if they do trim past the line, they will be sued (that's how bad things get with this woman). I also went and knocked on the woman's door, and gave her a copy of the letter. I also verbally informed her that we would sue her if the trees were trimmed even half an inch past the property line.
Everything went well, until the woman spotted a squirrel nest in the tree (she hates squirrels, and my grandmother feeds them). The nest was past the fence, but she told the foreman that she'd give him $250 extra to cut it out. I over heard this, and I went over to her, and informed her that if she did not tell them to stop, she would be sued for the full value of the tree, and that my family would make sure that she was bogged down in the courts until the day she finally drops dead. She asked to get off of her property (which I promptly did). The tree cutter cut the nest down (and in the process cutting over 2 feet into our property. I then called our lawyer, and then the police (at the advice of the lawyer). My grandmother got kind of cocky, and taunted the woman, who then decided to say that she would make her pay if we sued her. We took that as a threat (because she has previously sent her son over with a shotgun with which he threatened to kill my grandmother if she didn't stop feeding the squirrels).
I told her that it would be wise to shut her poison mouth, at which point she decided to call my grandmother a "dried up old crazy hag" and the b and c words. I then lost it and told her that she was the crazy b word and that my family has the power to kill any of her reputation in our town (small town, and we do have the power). She then decided to throw her cane at me, and used the excuse that she was defending her property from a trespasser (I was three feet past our fence (we've also had disputes about the property line that went to court , we won that dispute; she says we paid off the judge
). The police officer who showed up is her son-in-law, who decided to threaten me with arrest for "verbally badgering" our lovely neighbor. I got his badge number, and told him that a formal complaint will be filed against him. The last we heard from the woman personally, was a call she made to our house in which she told me that if I don't stop hasseling her over the trees, she will make me pay. I told her to f-off drop dead and burn in hell where she belongs and hung up the phone.Our lawyer has already drawn up papers to sue her and the tree trimmers for destruction of our property and emotional distress, and he will be filing them within the hour. Now her son just pulled up in his huge ass truck, and is staring me down (from his mother's lawn) as I type this on my laptop. I've been kind enough to flip him the bird a few times. He's also thrown a rock at my dog while it's been sitting in the yard with me because she barked at him (she's a miniature dachshund).
This woman is verifiably crazy, when her husband was still alive, she told the mail man on a daily basis that he was holding her captive as his sex slave (he was 96 when he died, four years ago). She also has a tradition of throwing crumpled up paper out her door on halloween at kids who try to trick or treat at her house. She's just nuts.
I've decided to stay with my grandmother in case her son decides to come over with a shotgun again, when they get served either tonight or tomorrow.
I have a few questions for you guys:
1) Should I try to press charges against her for trying to assault me with her cane?
2) Should I try to press charges for the threats she has made?
3) What can I do about her son trying to hurt my dog with a rock?
4) Any advice on how I can keep myself composed while dealing with this woman?
Thanks,
-Don
