ColbyBruce
Member
however, we drove up to the mountains yesterday hoping to see some snow (which did not happen) and as we drove up to our home noticed a red p/u truck backed into the woods some 25 yards on the far edge of our next door neighbor’s property. No one appeared to be there. I texted my neighbors and inquired if they had guests and sent a few photos. I unloaded my car and checked for a reply. “Call the sheriff!” was the reply.
My neighbors called me, and I noticed two people in the woods nearby, so I ambled over and told the trespassers the homeowner wanted to know who they were and what they were doing. A man and woman, acquaintances of the homeowner next door, had been given permission to cut firewood from downed trees on that property. The lumberjacks were told to access that area off the main road, not through my neighbor’s yard.
Both of those properties were purchased in the last two years and survey tapes surround both of them. The couple were 10-15 yards inside my neighbor’s property, with a chain wrapped around a live tree, a pulley and cable attached to the chain, another cable attached to a winch on the red truck. The man was attempting to pull downed trees up the hill across my neighbor’s property. He had cut a few small trees and rutted the ground with his truck.
My neighbor called LE when he refused to speak to her, but he gathered his equipment and was driving away when a deputy arrived. I spoke with the deputy, he spoke to my neighbor on my phone, surveyed the property damage, and got personal info from the trespassers. He gave them a lengthy sermon on trespassing, criminal trespassing, property damage, theft, lack of common sense…and told them the SO would be in touch. My neighbors are both retired LEO’s, they were upset over the incident.
This took nearly an hour and a half of my time, and will require a bit more. When the other homeowners cleared that portion of their property where the “firewood” was, they failed to put up silt fencing and run-off will impact the stream cutting through the lot below there. Our HOA president is sort of tired of this type thing happening.He will be here shortly to eye-ball the damage.
If you enlarge the pictures the fence, female trespasser and perhaps the orange tape on the trees are visible. These people weren’t confused, they didn’t care.
My neighbors called me, and I noticed two people in the woods nearby, so I ambled over and told the trespassers the homeowner wanted to know who they were and what they were doing. A man and woman, acquaintances of the homeowner next door, had been given permission to cut firewood from downed trees on that property. The lumberjacks were told to access that area off the main road, not through my neighbor’s yard.
Both of those properties were purchased in the last two years and survey tapes surround both of them. The couple were 10-15 yards inside my neighbor’s property, with a chain wrapped around a live tree, a pulley and cable attached to the chain, another cable attached to a winch on the red truck. The man was attempting to pull downed trees up the hill across my neighbor’s property. He had cut a few small trees and rutted the ground with his truck.
My neighbor called LE when he refused to speak to her, but he gathered his equipment and was driving away when a deputy arrived. I spoke with the deputy, he spoke to my neighbor on my phone, surveyed the property damage, and got personal info from the trespassers. He gave them a lengthy sermon on trespassing, criminal trespassing, property damage, theft, lack of common sense…and told them the SO would be in touch. My neighbors are both retired LEO’s, they were upset over the incident.
This took nearly an hour and a half of my time, and will require a bit more. When the other homeowners cleared that portion of their property where the “firewood” was, they failed to put up silt fencing and run-off will impact the stream cutting through the lot below there. Our HOA president is sort of tired of this type thing happening.He will be here shortly to eye-ball the damage.
If you enlarge the pictures the fence, female trespasser and perhaps the orange tape on the trees are visible. These people weren’t confused, they didn’t care.
