When Hell Came to Our Home Part 2A

[crabby_lioness]

Master Post

I haven't talked much about the trailer next door.  Normally I don't think much about it, but with all this trouble coming from that direction I'm reminded that things have been odd over there lately.

It's been abandoned for years, but the week before school starts there's a lot of activity going on over there.  Lots of people in and out

Comments

[qara_isuke]

....man, that's pretty suspicious. They're obviously doing SOMETHING over there they don't want people to know about.

I can't advise enough for you to work on getting out of there. There people are clearly unstable and willing to cross the legal line.

[crabby_lioness]

Working on it like crazy.

[qara_isuke]

*hugs*

Good luck with that. May I suggest, once you DO get out....sue the ever living fuck out of the county.

ALSO! You mentioned the Attorney that wouldn't help you is running for re-election, yes? All the more reason to contact the press about it. "Family terrorized by sheriff's deputy and others, Attorney refuses to return family's calls for help".

NOT the kind of publicity that he wants while running for re-election.

[rdprice29]

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I know the tv news stations up here all have their "investigative reporting teams"...do the news stations where you are also have the same? I'd try getting them to look into the case, because yeah...definitely not the attention a states attorney wants during reelection.

I hope you and your family are able to stay safe until you're able to move. I wish I could help more, but I don't know anyone in your area. :(

ps...here from copperbadge's radio free monday.

[amythest_n_ice]

Not being funny, but search the fuck out of your house, cupboards, crawl spaces, attics, whatever. You have no clue what these nutters could be hiding in there when they're breaking in while you're not around.

[swordznsorcery]

Seconded. Although it's unlikely they'd leave anything sensitive in somebody else's house, it's best to be sure. Check outside as well, if it's possible to do so without being too obvious. You don't want them to see you doing something like that.

It really is important to take all of this to somebody who's prepared to give real help, though. Local media can be unhappy about dealing with sensitive local issues, at least in my experience. National media is a different question. And as has been suggested already elsewhere, go to the FBI. If you can point to suspicious-acting, possibly crooked law officials, they're obliged to do something.

[ioldanach]

Unless they want DHS to find something incriminating, of course. Something hidden where the resident wouldn't think to look, ever, but DHS would have been 'tipped off' about.

Planting evidence

[mecurtin]

would be just the sort of thing they'd do. Go over the place with a fine-toothed comb. *Document anything you find with a cell-phone photo you post to the web*.

[eumenidis]

I suggest you contact the FBI AND the Southern Poverty Law Center immediately & ask their advice, you may be dealing with some wingnut militia.

[bloodrebel333]

Seconded. They're breaking into your house (I'm assuming but it feels more like a certainty at this point), they're doing very suspicious things - I think this is way too big for any county lawyer. It's very likely that they're doing very illegal (if not very dangerous) things down there. Plus they scare the shit out of you, abuse their positions (as deputies etc) to make things difficult for you, make you (feel and be) unsafe. And they fucking took your baby once. I'd go crazy if I had a child and someone like that touched her

[flamingsword]

If they're trying to discredit her sanity, that may not be the best solution.

However, if you've got access to technology, there are ways around reporting what's going on without anyone being able to make you look like a paranoid schizophrenic. http://reason.com/archives/2010/09/20/how-to-record-the-cops

[bloodrebel333]

If the police knows the problem they're more likely to believe her. If anything happens and she doesn't call the cops, they'll ask her why she didn't. If they don't believe her when she calls, they're free to come and check.

[becky_h]

I'm wondering if they're trying to turn that property into a grow house or meth lab. And. Definitely search like hell. If they want you out that bad, and they've got drugs to plant, I wouldn't put it past them.

[rdprice29]

This is also what it sounds like to me. If you start smelling chemical types smells from that direction, it's most likely a meth lab (which can explode at any time) and get you and your kids to your family's/good friends house for safety.

[ruisseau]

I thought this, too, when she described the stuff going on over there. This stuff is scary!

[becky_h]

If they are trying to seize your property, finding drugs on the premises is a sure way to not only seize your property for the county, but get your kids taken away as well.

[writestufflee]

I'm definitely thinking Meth lab. The DEA and FBI or the ATF might be very interested that trailer too. Anonymous tips are a beautiful thing.

[flamingsword]

True that.