:frown: How do I begin?
First, a short history:
About two years ago, someone bought the house across the street from us. At first, she seemed to be very nice, and ecstatic about buying her home. She then became more active in the HOA. Things went downhill from there. She started accusing the board members of corruption, stealing money, hiring maintenance contractors that the board members had a personal stake in, etc. etc. She started suing the HOA constantly, draining our budget to the point where the HOA no longer fights her.
To the point:
She takes videos and still pictures of us. On a few occasions, she has taken videos and pictures of my neighbor's children who were in their bathing suits playing in their pool backyard.
She has installed video cameras on her house. She walks/drives around videotaping and taking pictures of everyone from her car, driveway or sidewalk.
For the past 3 months, she has targeted my family. Why do I say that? Other than making it VERY obvious that she is videotaping and taking pictures of us, she now walks on the sidewalk in front of my house, up and down verbally 'cursing' us. "I curse everything this family does, I curse this house, I curse these cars, I curse it all." She also takes pictures of the license plates of any car that parks on our driveway.
Up to this point, we have ignored her thinking she will go away. There have been a few times that we say "Is there a problem, can we help you?" when she walks up and down the sidewalk in front of our driveway. She never responds, she just takes out her camera phone and takes pictures.
Is there any advice anyone can give me on how to handle this situation? My concern is now growing about the safety of my family and property. I don't know what the laws are concerning photography of subjects on private party... but something is just not right.
Is there anything I, or my fellow homeowners can do?
Any advice at all? (Other than stepping on the gas when I see her cross the street.)
First, a short history:
About two years ago, someone bought the house across the street from us. At first, she seemed to be very nice, and ecstatic about buying her home. She then became more active in the HOA. Things went downhill from there. She started accusing the board members of corruption, stealing money, hiring maintenance contractors that the board members had a personal stake in, etc. etc. She started suing the HOA constantly, draining our budget to the point where the HOA no longer fights her.
To the point:
She takes videos and still pictures of us. On a few occasions, she has taken videos and pictures of my neighbor's children who were in their bathing suits playing in their pool backyard.
She has installed video cameras on her house. She walks/drives around videotaping and taking pictures of everyone from her car, driveway or sidewalk.
For the past 3 months, she has targeted my family. Why do I say that? Other than making it VERY obvious that she is videotaping and taking pictures of us, she now walks on the sidewalk in front of my house, up and down verbally 'cursing' us. "I curse everything this family does, I curse this house, I curse these cars, I curse it all." She also takes pictures of the license plates of any car that parks on our driveway.
Up to this point, we have ignored her thinking she will go away. There have been a few times that we say "Is there a problem, can we help you?" when she walks up and down the sidewalk in front of our driveway. She never responds, she just takes out her camera phone and takes pictures.
Is there any advice anyone can give me on how to handle this situation? My concern is now growing about the safety of my family and property. I don't know what the laws are concerning photography of subjects on private party... but something is just not right.
Is there anything I, or my fellow homeowners can do?
Any advice at all? (Other than stepping on the gas when I see her cross the street.)
....at least try to do it at night so the resolution might not be good enough to make out your smiling face.
