Missing Piece Of Wood Sparks $30 Million Lawsuit Between Neighbors

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Both families pin the start of the trouble to July 24, 2003, when Michael Juliano, 42, noticed a piece of wood missing from under his fence. Wilson claimed that she moved the wood a few feet so that she could mow the sewer culvert that separates their properties. Juliano called police to report the missing wood, and responding officers reported that Wilson admitted stealing it. She claims she didn't.

Robichaud said the case was a civil matter and dismissed it from her courtroom.

From there, the situation escalated, with the Julianos filing dozens of complaints alleging that Sheila Wilson repeatedly videotaped them, their 10-year-old son and guests on their deck or in the pool.

Wilson was charged last year with one count of harrassment for allegedly videotaping the family on Aug. 28. Wilson claims that she was videotaping her two dogs. That charge was moved to East Greenbush after Robichaud recused herself because of the Julianos' lawsuit. Wilson said she was granted a conditional discharge by East Greenbush Judge Kevin Engel. The case is sealed and East Greenbush court officials declined to discuss it.

The couple also alleged that Wilson shot BBs at their house and at the pool, ripping the liner, and that she put dog feces on their car. Most recently, they filed complaints alleging that Wilson, an avid hunter who said she owns guns, shined a red-laser scope light on the heads of their son and a friend as they sat in the kitchen and that she made an obscene gesture at the Julianos and their house guests.

"I'm so upset about what is going on. My family has to move, we can't live here anymore," said Michael Juliano, who said he put his house up for sale. "You can't have people pointing laser lights at your kids as they are sitting around the kitchen table."

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=274753&category=RENSSELAER&BCCode=&newsdate=8/11/2004

[Spinzonner]

1. Isn't this how the Hatfields and McCoys got their start

[GOPisEvil]

2. These people need to get over themselves and grow up!

How much is this costing the local government to deal with? If I were their neighbors, I'd be pissed.

[Scooter24]

3. The only $ she will get..

will be for the wood. The other charges will be dismissed. She only listed all those defendants because she wanted to get more money out of the city.

Frivolous...

[BiggJawn]

4. Guess they've never read Robert Frost....

"Good fences make good neighbours"....<sigh>

Dumbasses. Wish I had enough spare time in my fight for survival to fuck with my neighbours like that. Not that I'd fuck with them, I just want the time....

[Unperson 309]

5. Feh! They don't know the MEANING of "bad neighbor"!!

Where we lived several years ago, our "neighbors" pulled such stunts as setting their 120 lb Rottweiler on on my 75 lb service dog, trying to toss a lit M-80 through our window (for non US people, an M-80 is a firecracker equivalent to 1/4 stick of dynomite in explosive power).
They also threw trash, used diapers, beer cans etc into our side yard, attempted to feed my dog *something* (probably poisoned) and threatened me with a gun, peered through our windows, sent threatening and harassing phone calls and threatened our houseguests.

Why? Because at 3:00AM on New Years we asked them to party INSIDE ther own house instead of in our front yard. How *thoughtless* of us!
After that, *every* picnic, celebration, get-together they had, they had in our front yard. Not on the sidewalk in front. IN the yard, on our porch. Their Rottie ran around terrifying my peaceful dog by barking in the windows at her and going for her throat every time she tried to go outside to relieve herself. Police were called. Police did nothing. Animal Control was called. Animal Control did nothing.

We solved the problem neatly and completely.

We moved.

Let the next poor sumbitch who lives there deal with 'em! All 13 of them! In a two bedroom residence Feh!

*sigh*

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