I need advice on a situation that has been going on for over year now. I have been continually harassed by my next door neighbor and a family member of his. Just to give you brief idea of what all has been happening:
1) Nearly every night (sometimes several times a night) they drive back and forth in front of my house honking excessively and yelling things(such as "fat f***** bitch!",etc). This goes on at all hours. They also sit out at the property line blasting their car stereo and yelling obscene things at me over the PA system one has in his vehicle.
2)They have vandalized my personal property (5 gallons of water in my gas tank,broke toothpicks off in my door locks twice,vandazied computer equipment,thrown beer bottles into my driveway,rammed my gate which I keep locked at night.......the list goes on and on).
3)They got my dogs out thru my livingroom window(I have to keep my dogs inside while I am not home as they have made threats against them),taking one dog in the truck with them and dragging the other dog behind the bumper down the driveway. The dogs lived(thank goodness!) but the one that was dragged required an emergency vet visit and medication for several days.
4)They've thrown lit (illegal I might add) fireworks into the building where I was working.
5)They quite often follow me when I leave my house(most often at night). They usually tailgate me for a while then turn off their headlights and continue to follow me until they see the lights from my cell phone as I am trying to call for help. I live out in a dark rural area,and who knows what they are planning on doing. They have, in the past, tried to run me off the road numerous times.
The list goes on and on. I have called the Sheriff's Department on them, but due to "budget cuts" the Sheriff's Department gave notice to everyone in the county that they were "no longer responding to calls that didn't involve life threats". I guess they don't see the potential for violence in whats going on.I would like to add that these two individuals have criminal records and were locked up not too awful long ago for vandalism (not related to me....they vandalized other property). I am truly at my end with this. It goes on daily, there's no end to it and it's affecting not only me(sleep deprivation,stomach problems,headaches,etc) but also my family (including my preteen child). Does anyone have any advice that might help me with this????????????? FYI, I have been keeping a log of all incidents,including dates and times.
Thank you!!
1) Nearly every night (sometimes several times a night) they drive back and forth in front of my house honking excessively and yelling things(such as "fat f***** bitch!",etc). This goes on at all hours. They also sit out at the property line blasting their car stereo and yelling obscene things at me over the PA system one has in his vehicle.
2)They have vandalized my personal property (5 gallons of water in my gas tank,broke toothpicks off in my door locks twice,vandazied computer equipment,thrown beer bottles into my driveway,rammed my gate which I keep locked at night.......the list goes on and on).
3)They got my dogs out thru my livingroom window(I have to keep my dogs inside while I am not home as they have made threats against them),taking one dog in the truck with them and dragging the other dog behind the bumper down the driveway. The dogs lived(thank goodness!) but the one that was dragged required an emergency vet visit and medication for several days.
4)They've thrown lit (illegal I might add) fireworks into the building where I was working.
5)They quite often follow me when I leave my house(most often at night). They usually tailgate me for a while then turn off their headlights and continue to follow me until they see the lights from my cell phone as I am trying to call for help. I live out in a dark rural area,and who knows what they are planning on doing. They have, in the past, tried to run me off the road numerous times.
The list goes on and on. I have called the Sheriff's Department on them, but due to "budget cuts" the Sheriff's Department gave notice to everyone in the county that they were "no longer responding to calls that didn't involve life threats". I guess they don't see the potential for violence in whats going on.I would like to add that these two individuals have criminal records and were locked up not too awful long ago for vandalism (not related to me....they vandalized other property). I am truly at my end with this. It goes on daily, there's no end to it and it's affecting not only me(sleep deprivation,stomach problems,headaches,etc) but also my family (including my preteen child). Does anyone have any advice that might help me with this????????????? FYI, I have been keeping a log of all incidents,including dates and times.
Thank you!!