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[kevyn]

To: Property Management Professionals
Subject: Three police visits today, 817 25th St. Apt. D
Date: November 11, 2007 7:31:27 PM PST

Hi,

Just a heads up to let you know that Donald Stevens (Apt. D2) called the police to the apartment three (3) times today, same thing as last week.

For the past week, I've been doing what the police recommended, to stay away from him, not even talking to him. That cease fire lasted until this morning, when he spitefully threw away a cooking pot I had left in the sink to soak overnight. Outraged, I took the pot, banged on his door with it, and shouted at him, "What the **** is wrong with you?!?" He immediately called the police, saying I was threatening him, and telling them I was dealing drugs out of my apartment (not true.) This set off an all-day argument that resulted in two more police calls, each time him claiming I was threatening him.

At no time was violence ever threatened.

Each time, the police arrived, talked to Mr. Stevens, and since this was obviously a domestic dispute with no actual violence going on, left.

This is getting very old, very fast. The police are getting tired of Mr. Stevens calls, I'm getting tired of him using the police to harrass me, and no doubt you are tired of hearing about this.

It's increasingly apparent that he and I cannot get along anymore, and live in the same apartment with a shared common room. Is there another apartment in the building you could move him to?

Thanks, and sorry that this is becoming a problem.

Kevyn 'Hagrid' Jacobs
817 25th St. Apt. D3

Comments

[redhatguy.livejournal.com]

Instead of moving to another unit inside the same building, I'd just move to an entirely different apartment complex. This guy sounds like an idiot.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Total idiot. He keeps this up, he's going to get evicted. (Which is his stated goal, to get me evicted).

Me, I don't want to move. I like my apartment.

The problem is we share a common room and kitchen. There are three other units like this in the building, and if he moved to one of the other units, I wouldn't be forced to interact with him.

[redhatguy.livejournal.com]

Hopefully he will get evicted. Your landlord should have evicted him long ago. You should also sue him in small claims court for harassment and defamation of character. Document his stupidity so that you can easily win your case. Are the police making reports for each of his calls? If so, be sure to get copies.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

I don't care if he's evicted, I just don't want him sharing a common kitchen and living room with me. Moving him to another unit with neighbours who don't have conflicting personalities would help.

I am not blameless in the escalation of this squabble -- for example, throwing away his pots and pans in retaliation for throwing mine out yesterday morning may have felt good, but it intensified the conflict. For that reason alone, I wouldn't bring it to court unless absolutely necessary. As for the defamation... I don't feel defamed. Nobody believes him, not even the police.

Housemate issues... *sigh*