Holy cow! That is definitely classic drug activity...

Blonde: Are there restrictions where you live regarding where a child attends school? Here in Ohio, a woman was convicted for lying about where her child lived in order to have the child attend a school in a better district.

Yep, we have 'district' restrictions, but several years back, they created 'Magnate' schools which are for specialized areas of study like music, acting, science, math, etc. Your child can go to any school in our huge district IF they say they want to study one of those areas. Makes it so easy for anyone to switch schools anywhere they want.

This particular Squatter situation involves someone picking up the kid (probably a 9th grader) at 6 am and returning him at 4 pm every day. He has a skateboard so maybe he's in one of the schools that favors sports. The school district used to have us 'verify' addresses of kids but that all went out the window years ago. People were using relative's or friend's addresses to avoid that rule.

The worst part of all of this is the Squatter's numbers are growing. I can now count about 6 regular people who actually stay the night there, and maybe 8 more who visit 'frequently'. It's all revolving around the original Bad Gal who is nothing more than a thief and con artist. She has her huge group of friends and they all work together to steal and cheat anyone they can. Right now, Bad Gal has moved on to another place and is only visiting here occasionally. She has her little crew situated and they will remain until someone gets them out. Has to be the 'legal owner' who at this point is an Estate, handled by the Niece of the deceased guy. SHE is not cooperating.

This all could have been handled long ago by asking a realty firm to manage the property and put a tenant in there. Obviously the Estate is a mess, family members all hate each other, but they also don't care about what happens to US.

The drug dealing is the worst part. So obvious even if I didn't know that Bad Gal is an addict. SHE told me herself! That was backed up by a few of her friends telling me (and warning me to lock up my pain pills) and the police department telling me about her 'history'. The one guy was very chatty and told me everything, WHICH later was confirmed on the phone by Bad Gal when she was high on something and just told me all the stuff she had been arrested for. Duh? This involves, drug use, drug paraphenalia, forgery, burglary, threats (a restraining order is on her), and many more things. She's not a nice person and none of her friends can be trusted.

Cars coming and going all hours, getting more frequent, easy to see what's going on. In and out, transfers at the curb, little items put in the trunk here and there, and lots of new people coming and going, some moving in with furniture and belongings. I'm sure Bad Gal is renting out rooms there and making big bucks while she works on her next big take-over.

It's so discouraging, frustrating, infuriating. I still keep a diary of what's happening and take pictures of new cars that show up, but it will probably be for nothing. The Estate (family) just ignores the police and everyone else, while on the surface, they seem to be oh so friendly.

If anything ever gets this crew out of the house, we will throw a block party. Everyone is invited. Problem is, nobody else wants to get involved. There are 3 of us who constantly keep tabs and call the proper authorities. We do get little concessions, like the Code Enforcement guy making them move that Motorhome. One little win for our side.

So I'm off to watch the house. New guy got dropped off at 6am. Never saw him before, but he knew the way in through the gate, so I guess he's a 'regular'. Oh joy!

EDIT: Well our predictions came true, Cox Cable is installing cable TV ( and probably internet) right now. I hate being right!And all the while, 3 or 4 of the squatters were out in the yard PRETENDING to do yard work. It's soooo obvious. Make nicey-mice for the neighbors so you look like reputable people. I think I will go throw up now.

We have a new SUV that is constantly there. Three more people moved in. If I count all the 'regulars' I get about at least 8 and probably more 'residents'. You rarely see them except when they go out for food runs or drug runs.

Speaking of drug runs: We have come up with a theory as to why 1) the same people park around the corner for hours, but park IN FRONT overnight, 2) why the residents seem to be fascinated with disconnected bicycle tires.

The 'buyers' of the drugs they are selling (yes I can see the activity), usually park in front and run in for a few minutes and then speed off. Sometimes, they park around the corner and walk in but only if they intend to stay for more than 15 minutes.

The 'residents' never park in front during daylight hours to allow the 'buyers' clear in and out fast access.

And the bicycle tire fetish? Well get this, they have a HUGE pile of bicycle tires by the back door (sometimes, it's gone, then it's back or new ones are there). The 'sellers' load their cars with bicycle tires and drive off only to come back in a short time with NO tires or sometimes, unload the tires again. Sound strange? Then there is the one guy who walks up the block with one bicycle tire (bouncing it on the ground and playing with it) and then returns in a few minutes WITH the tire (or a duplicate) for no apparent reason.

BUT the probable reason is...they are packing the tires with drugs and transporting and exchanging them. What a clever dodge. Who would suspect a bicycle tire? After some of the 'transactions' you can hear a compressor running in the back yard. Probably re-inflating the tires after the drugs are out or inflating them after packing new ones. I'm almost positive this is the case. They seem to go in and out with way too many bicycle tires all day and night. Not normal behavior. Gotta be drug transfers.

I'm still watching for fun stuff. I'm going to a new program with the police department next Thursday. It's called "Coffee with a Cop" and it's to promote good relations between citizens and police. Supposedly we get to sit down in small groups with a cop and tell them our concerns. I just hope one of them is someone who will listen to my strange tales and believe what I am seeing. Could be fun, or a really bad day.

Enjoy your Coffee with a Cop day!

Hmmm... Coffee with a Cop. Sounds intriguing, but somehow I wouldn't get my hopes up. From your descriptions of your local authorities, it sounds like more of a "feel good" effort, rather than anything of any substance. But hopefully, you will be surprised!

Sooooooo, yesterday afternoon, there was a strange 'blacked-out' truck across the street for about an hour. The day before a sedan (same black-out) made a traffic stop in front of my house. Under cover cops with no visible department affiliation on their vests.

At 2:00 pm, SIX of those undercover vehicles (trucks, vans, sedans) all converged on the squatter's house with guns drawn and they handcuffed one resident (I'd seen him arrive with his lunch in a bag earlier) and took him away. The whole thing took less than 5 minutes and the people who I'm familiar with over there just stood nearby outside watching.

It was the US Marshals and this guy probably was wanted for major crimes. Scary. So this is the type of people we have right across the street. I already knew that.

So then we all figured that because of the arrest, that the 'residents' would be very very careful with the drug selling activity, BUT instead it increased! From 5:00pm until 8:00pm, there was a steady stream of cars pulling up and people going in for a few minutes and coming out and leaving. Sometimes 2 cars would arrive at the same time, so one would pull away and come back later. One guy parked in several different spots 'waiting' for his turn. He finally got 'served'. I guess we now have 'The Squatter's Drive Through". Curbside service for drug purchase, no waiting, all coupons accepted.

It's soooo obvious that they are drug sellers. I counted 6 cars that I recognized and 2 that were new to me. Too dark to take pictures.

I can hardly wait for the next big event. Only a matter of time until someone gets hurt over there. We were hoping that the Marshals would look around and find the drugs, but since you need a warrant for such things, and they were only interested in getting this one guy, they were in and out in a flash.

Maybe next time?

I'm sure it's not much comfort, but at least someone in power finally did something. Hope that there's further action on the part of authorities. Here I am, complaining about a barking dog and a neglected yard. Small potatoes.

Hi Sorta,

All those official vehicles and only one person gets arrested. I just wonder if that was the feds way of alerting the neighbors that things are not being ignored. At one point in my life I did accounting work the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - still called that today? It was one of several successive positions I had while working in the federal buildings in downtown Chicago. The DEA took up one whole floor of the building with agents in a separate area from the accounting dept. I got to know several of them because (a) one or two of them were dating people I worked with and (b) they'd come in to settle paperwork and complain about a drug bust gone wrong due to a judge's decision.

So maybe, even though feels like the neighborhood and situation are being ignored, the feds are waiting to capture a bigger fish. Despite what it looks like, Bad Girl could be just 'small potatoes'. Who knows, maybe the guy they arrested was an undercover cop. And, maybe, I watch too much TV. But, everything you've related from day one, Sorta, keeps leaving me wondering, especially about nothing being done about a very bad situation, that you just happen to be a witness and, someday, this will all come to light, might even be majorly tv news worthy.

Whatever happens, I hope you keep on recording, on tape and to us. The possibility of it resulting in a great novel is certainly still there. More importantly, I believe you're recording evidence. They may be all nice to you but, and I'm sure you are, be careful. You're not an innocent bystander. If anything, you're very brave. I applaud you for that and always pray for your safety.

Hmmm... butterflybabe has an angle I've never thought of. Definitely will continue to be interesting...

Good thought butterflybabe! I actually considered that this 'newbie' could be an undercover guy just getting information on what's going on there. Then he could report what he found. He was probably only there a week, but maybe, just maybe this is the start of something bigger.

When he first appeared, he didn't know how to get into the property. He ended up climbing over the front gate (always locked) and walking around the front of the house, over a barrier they put up to keep the dog in, and then to the back door which they use as the main door.

Saw him a few more times after that, always dropped off by a non-descript white little car up the block or across the street. The day of the big 'raid' he got dropped off and in 2 hours the action started. They spent no time getting him and taking him away, no muss, no fuss. Seemed strange, but they sure had all guns drawn. Scary.

Let's hope there is something going on that we don't know. Business last night was just as busy as the previous night and this morning already at 8:30 am, there was a car that had 2 guys (I recognized them from yesterday) go in and out in a few minutes and happily drive off with whatever they got.

I just hate the fact that we have serious drug users and probably producers or transporters right close by. If it were just one guy (like in that rooming house that has been quite calm lately) then I wouldn't worry. He always went 'off-site' with his drug sales, so we rarely had anyone lurking around.

Years back, when we had a dealer in a house directly behind mine, we had loads of in and out traffic (common driveway) and our cars got burglarized several times, as did my hubby's tow truck. Lost most of his tools to 'buyers' who needed something to trade for drugs, I lost a small camera, a bit of money (just coins) and worst maybe was the 'registration' for one of the cars. We figured the car might be gone next. Was awful until I figured out what was going on. I only caught on when one of my students (from a continuation school for those who were kicked out of regular school) appeared at MY door after midnight. He was as shocked to see me as I was to see him. Then I put it all together. This kid was a heavy drug user, so I asked if he was looking for so and so? And he said yes, and I directed him down back to the 'dealer'. After that day, no more student showing up and in class he was very very quiet. Ha.

So we continue to watch, keep a log, take pictures of cars, etc. Someday I hope it will mean something. If not, it's a great way to spend a day when nothing is on TV.

OK, time for an important update that is such a KARMA event I can't stand it.

Bad Gal showed up at MY Door with her boyfriend/fiance (who I found to be so much unlike all her other friends that it was amazing). She had found out about the 'arrest' and it wasn't me who told her. She has 'informants' all over the place. She was furious when she went into the house, found out they installed cable, had move a bunch of people in (was only supposed to be the ONE guy and girlfriend and Bad Gal's best girlfriend). She finally saw that this is NOT what she intended and came to chat with me. I gave her tons of info and the end of it was:

Bad Gal said to me, that she was washing her hands of the whole plan to 'buy' the house. She said she had carefully storing a lot of the old man's memorabilia, etc. and when I told her I saw a 1950's TV going out she really hit the roof. She went over, yelled and got 'back-talk' from the very people she 'hired' to guard the place and who turned this into a flop-house and massive drug 24 hour drive up sales house.

So here's her plan: Told the group to leave NOW. 2 of them immediately left in various cars that obviously were called to pick them up. 3 more left later that evening in various cars and on foot. Each taking their backpacks and misc. stuff in garbage bags. It's the exact way we saw them move in.

BUT later, another NEW guy moved in. Geez. The Motorhome was supposed to be out by midnight or she would tow it. It never left. The next day, Bad Girl called me again to tell me she had a heart-to-heart with her fiance and they decided NOT to buy the place and to just drop the entire plan. She was not going back to see if they were gone, not going to go IN there again, and NOT going to try to retrieve any of HER stuff (weedwacker, cleaning stuff, curtains, etc.) She did however, take the extension cord which, despite the Code Enforcement Officer's waarning, was hooked up to the Motorhome at night and they were obviously living in there against his orders.

So she informed me she was cutting off the Gas, Electric, Water. Cable TV she can't because THEY put it in BUT they won't be able to use it with NO electricity. Fantastic.

So Bad Girl got "hoisted on her own pitard" so to speak and now she's trying to distance herself from the stuff going on. WE THINK she's on probation so she can't afford to be caught in charge of people with guns, drugs, etc. So funny.

She asked ME to call the guy's Niece and tell her how sorry Bad Gal is that things went wrong and how hard she tried to preserve all the Uncle's possessions for the family. (ha) She also said she is having 'her lawyer' write up another paper, that will cancel out the original authorization to be in the house to clean' paper that the cops accepted as fact. She said she would give me a copy AND all the keys to the place. I am not holding my breath on this one, but ya never know. She NEEDS a reliable 'witness' and community member to vouch for her now. I'm the one I guess. She trusts me. Poor girl!

Little does she know that I have no problem testifying against her for everything illegal thing she did. Oh well.

Good part is that I actually liked and got good vibes from the fiance at our first face to face. He seems genuine, has a full time job for years. owns a residence, etc. Very different from everyone else she associates with and he's not dumb. I may be wrong, but my spidey sense says he might just be good for her and that he probably didn't know ALL of the underhanded stuff she was telling him about that house. Yup.

So today at 8:30 am, the water was shut off. At 4:30 pm the gas and electric was shut off. A flurry of little 'rats' immediately started leaving and coming back with water and other items. They are very busy. I assume they will be using candles now and my friend, who predicted the house would burn down, might just win the pool. Oh oh oh. How many house fires are from unattended candles? Tons. AND match that with meth and heroin addicts who are awake all night and sleep half the day and guess what? Perfect storm

So now I will watch and wait. This might go on forever but at least it's keeping me busy. My own Reality Show, right across the street and I don't have to pay to watch.

So much free entertainment!

Oh my heavenly days! This is just delicious!

Well, after the gas and electric guy left, and all the 'rats' were scurrying around getting water and whatever, it was VERY calm over there. Strange. Only a few cars in and out and one 'new' one stayed the night and left early this morning.

I walked up the block to get a good look at both sides of the house (corner lot) and saw that the shopping cart that one of the newbies wheeling up the street with a full load of EMPTY plastic and glass bottles just after the water shut off was discovered, is now in the back yard, in a corner of a concrete enclosure, still FULL of those now water filled containers. He went out empty and came back 45 minutes later with a very HEAVY cart. We presumed it was for the toilet. Hopefully they aren't going to try to drink it because 1) the bottles came from the TRASH pile, and 2) he probably filled them from some unsuspecting home's hose (and most of our hoses say 'not for drinking water'. The other option of toilet filling so it will flush is good, but then again, the position of all the water is so far back from the house it doesn't make sense. I'm thinking they are going to dig holes and use them for potty and the water will be used for washing up. Ohhhhhh!

BUT the ELECTRICITY is still ON! Yup, only 3 possibilities: 1) the begged and pleaded and bribed the guy to leave it on and managed to get an 'emergency' time to get it in their name, 2) they lied and said someone NEEDED the electric for some medical reason, 3) the guy only was there to do the gas turn off since the electric is done 'remotely' now, by satellite. I'm hoping it's number 3. Can't imagine a paying customer asking for a turn-off and the company NOT doing it? Especially when she mentioned a 'password' needed to turn everything back on no matter who wanted it. I'll try to contact Bad Gal today and see what's up and catch her up on the progress.

Garbage: All the bags and boxes and stuff were moved to the front area. Now they are condensed to one side of the Motorhome and I 'think' they are getting ready to put them out for trash day (tonight they go out). We will see. Gonna be real fun if they just dump all that stuff without cans all over the sidewalk and gutter and it ends up all over the street and many yards, including MINE. If I see them putting out bags without cans, I will be contacting the trash company and Code Enforcement immediately BEFORE it has time to spread all over the place. Heaven only knows what disease and yuk would be contaminating everything. AND probably human waste (no potty now since it's backed up) and maybe drug stuff too. Ugh!

Today will be another full day of watching and waiting and keeping notes and maybe some photos if I see any new cars. Gonna be a long siege that will never end. Keeps me out of trouble...or does it???

Wow, things are happening fast over there! Just when you think the plot can't thicken any more, it does!

Mysteriously (actually not so much) the garbage has disappeared. Uhhuh. They spent all yesterday, sorting and bagging and taking some away in small amounts and then selling some to people who would drive up. Some new cars, some I'd seen before. They are also, according to what Bad Gal (who is now my BFF so she thinks) taking stuff from inside the house that she actually didn't sell off when she was doing that.

We described the size, shape, and heaviness of some of the things and she verified about 6 very very old adding machines, some aluminum tubes (very big) and a few other things. She's upset. Ha. All her hard work trying to make nicey for the Niece so she could step in and say how she preserved the guy's 'important' things is now out the window.

The 'transients' new residents come in every day. Back pack, plastic bag for their possessions. Amazing how they seem to just pick them up. I asked Bad Gal where all these people come from and she informed me they are actually homeless, and live in various places, empty cars, under bridges, in industrial complexes, etc. They all have one thing in common, the need to do drugs. She said they 'earn their keep' by selling stuff, or drugs, or their bodies. Ugh!

Some really busy stuff late last night and all through. Two cars, just kept coming and going about every 15 minutes. Probably dumping the garbage around town, or delivering drugs or the stuff they are stealing from the house. Bad Gal is furious that they sold that 1950's TV and old books and things. I almost feel sorry for her since she spent so many days and months gathering, sorting and selling things but now they took over her business. I said ALMOST.

She is so desperate to make the Niece see her as the 'good' guy that she is clinging to me and begging for ME to intercede and tell the Niece how great she took care of the house. Geez. AND yesterday, I got a call from her ex-boyfriend (the one she dumped without telling him and who used to live with the old guy)and told him a bunch of stuff about the Niece 'is going to prosecute anyone who she can find who had anything to do with anything that happened to the house". I wonder where she got THAT idea?? Oh yes, now I remember, it was from ME! Bahaaaaaa. But then the Niece really did say that when I had her on the phone that day I called the cops when Bad Gal used MY name as authorizing her to be there. So it's the truth. I just keep repeating it so everyone will be in fear of being arrested, etc. She's obviously afraid. So the ex called me and I was amused about the story getting to him. SHE hasn't spoken to him in months, except for a brief accidental meeting at the favorite bar they all go to.

And it gets better. She's so desperate to get the druggies out of there (it will eventually bounce back to her putting them there) that she is now proposing (called me to see what I thought) that her brother's friends (who just happen to be Motorcycle Gang guys and HUGE and scary) come over here and just 'ask' the group to leave, leave now, and stand by while they do. This really is a plan. She's serious, the motorcycle guys are serious and it might just happen.

I asked her to please let me know if and when since I don't want to be scared to death along with my elderly neighbor lady. She said she would, but I would know anyway since there would be a major presence of Harleys surrounding the house. WOW! This could make the evening news. I'm sure the police would show up, maybe SWAT. In any case, my little neighborhood stories will be reallllly good.

She's had no luck with the gas and electric. Seems that the Motorhome guy was the one who called the gas company and has them turn ON the gas. Bad Gal said she never did turn that on. Oh. And the electricity remained on because the company told her the same thing they told me, "We can't refuse service to anyone, or ask for any proof of residence". Great.

She did manage somehow to get the cable/phone/internet shut off. Amazing. She has ways of convincing people. They can turn it back on of course, but in the meantime, it will take some doing. Anything to annoy them. She is talking about 'cutting' the electric wires at the fuse box or removing the fuses (old screw-in ones) to make life miserable. Might work for a short time.

Today I'm going to call her and propose a little trick I read on an internet site on how to get rid of squatters. Put up signs all over the place that say "House for Sale" and list the address. You can imagine how many people will be knocking on their door at all hours! EVERYONE around here is constantly asking if the house is for sale. Don't need any details, just the sign and even realtors will be going over and bothering them. Not knowing who is at the house, door or in the yard (yes people actually walk in the yard and around and take pictures of houses for sale) will for sure make them jumpy with all the drug activity over there, or at least keep them on their toes. Nobody is up before noon so it could be interesting.

So I'm off to watch the crew. Have to get a good picture of the new gal from last night. Probably more came in while I slept. Gonna be so many over there it will be very noticeable soon to all the neighbors who are currently oblivious to what's going on. don't know how they can NOT see the activity!

Sorta,

Have you ever thought about moving?

Move? Me? Never. Not unless someone will give me a 3 story grand Victorian with lots of land and no money from me. Nope. I have a cute little house with some good neighbors and although this stupid Bad Gal saga is driving me up the wall (along with a few of those good neighbors) it's just another glitch in life. This will end some day. We are working on it. I thought about other neighborhoods but after listening to all the news lately, NO WHERE is safe. Every neighborhood, rich or poor, is having burglaries, car thefts or vandalism, domestic violence, drug activity or as in the last few days, murder/suicides. All over. The criminals don't discriminate. Might as well just enjoy the entertainment and hope to outlive all this.

Today's fun is going to be to see if Bad Gal puts up those For Sale signs. She called me at 10pm last night to apologize for not getting that done (took a friend out for her birthday). But her boyfriend was in the background talking about 'ideas' to improve the signs like putting those little 'tear-off' strips on them. Ha. Got them working on it I think Time will tell.

Very calm over there the last few days. I think they curtained the drug selling on the site because they fear Bad Gal will go to the police as promised and they are being careful.

Still no water service. Lots of going up to the corner businesses one at a time EARLY in the morning. We think when the gas guy came, he probably 'red-tagged' the stove and water heater. Good guess since this old guy never improved anything over there, couldn't get to appliances or anything because of the hoard. Chances are there are NO shut-off valves on the gas appliances (required by our local law) and probably not the right 'connector' hoses. They changed to a safer kind and anyone turning on new services has to upgrade to that. They are still COOKING on a barbeque in the back yard every night. Not for a social event, just for a few minutes. Tells me no stove. I think I saw a Microwave go in last week but you can't cook meat very well in a microwave unless you know how. Don't think our druggies know anything.

Off to watch the action. Hope something good happens today!

Sorta...OH MY You have to be a real Pro on the Most Adventures in a person's neighborhood ..I can't believe there is so much Drama in that area ...LOL And for so long ...

Oh well...

VERY quiet over there for the last few days. Eerie! I think Bad Gal really did scare them at least for a short while.

I checked and sure enough, the Motorhome, which they are NOT to have any utilities of any kind hooked up to, has a black garden hose and an orange electrical cord hooked up to it. Probably getting electricity from the house and the hose I'm not sure. No water, so it's gotta be for something else? Strange. It only appeared AFTER the water was shut off for a few days. Only thing might be they went out under cover of darkness and blocked the 'view' with cars and pried or hacked off the lock the water guy put on the meter. These people are used to stealing and I wouldn't put it past them to find 'inventive' ways to get what they need. They are now going out in ONLY TWO vehicles and bringing home trunk loads of what looks like stuff from 'dumpster diving'. Last night was a small plastic trash can and several bags of cans and a few which looked like soft stuff (maybe clothing). wow.
Scavengers to be sure. I'm thinking they told all the 'usual' drug buyers not to come there for awhile. At least Bad Gal did one good thing accidentally.

Still no 'For Sale' signs up. I think she may have decided not to do that. I'm going to write another email to the Code Enforcement guy right now telling him about the hookups to the Motorhome. I'm sure he will investigate.

For fun an games to come. Who knows what will happen next???

Sorta,

You need to talk to Bravo or Lifetime about getting a reality show for all this drama.

I'm pretty sure no one would ever believe me. The things that are happening, especially the Karmatic turn of events this week, are so beyond normal that it's like science fiction.

Still no action over there of any import. The 'usual' car from last week arrived at 1:15 pm and 2 guys got out and spent an hour inside, then came out with a white plastic grocery sized bag.

Then just as they were driving off, the 'usual' little Scion that was a regular before all the turns, arrived with a single female who went into the house. Might be the juveniles mom. Can't get a good enough angle to see what she looks like. The cameras are fuzzy at that distance so I can only tell height and male or female. I wish I had the money to buy a really GOOD camera that would do telephoto.

Sorta,

I don't think lack of belief from a media source, at this point, would be as much an issue as making your life crazier, if that's possible, than it already is from this whole evolving mystery. They'd be after you constantly for further info/news; and/or, with their sources, they'd have the contacts and equipment to get info faster than you, or make it up, and your 'side', your view, would take 2nd billing. Should and/or when this eventually becomes newsworthy, they'd take all the credit for cracking the story wide open, while you'd be just the neighborhood busybody who gave them a lead or two. Then, again, they could definitely supply that helpful camera you want. Maybe they'd even start paying you

Makes me think of Pam Zeckman. Can you imagine - picture her being there when hazmat showed up or her going there for a live interview with Bad Gal, asking her all kinds of questions; about now she'd go to the illegal hook-ups to get into that person's face with 'Do you know that these connections are illegal sir?' He'd hurriedly walk away to his trailer (that's what's parked there, right?) with her following in his footsteps asking more questions until he gets into the trailer and slams the door in her face. Maybe she'd know your role and come get some info from you like how long has this been going on? Are you worried about your home and neighborhood? What are the other neighbors doing? Give her a large cup of coffee, a heaping stack of GB post printouts, and ask her how much time she has.

I've been so busy with all this drama, and posting just wouldn't do the job with ALL that's happened in the past week. I'll tell the story eventually, but let's just say that since I wrote a frantic letter to the Niece (in charge of the estate) lots of really weird things occurred.

There was lots of drug activity, trying to get the septic tank working activity, selling off more stuff activity, Bad Gal activity at MY HOUSE, and now thank goodness, I got a REPLY to my letter from the Niece.

Some weird guy came to my door a week ago, he said he was working for a lawyer, but wouldn't specify who. He had lots of interesting 'tales' about the house and wanted to know how to contact the owner. I asked and he said he had been inside said house about 4 times. Big red flag there. He KNEW the current Squatters and said the primary one, had a large and prominent family, etc. Sounded like he was on HER side.

So between me and another of my Detectives, we found the girl's facebook page and saw her 'history'. She is a prolific writer on facebook and twitter. Got her whole life's story. Lots of drama, arrests, prison time, drug OD deaths, etc. Not someone you would expect that this 'guy' would be friends with.

So then Bad Gal CALLS me saying that the other gal was saying I talked 'badly' about her and Bad Gal too. Obviously this guy who came over, went right back with all I said to him. He seemed to agree, but then again, he was just fishing for info on how to PROFIT from it all. He's a rogue. Has worn many 'hats' in his 45 years and none of them are what I would call steady or well-paid. He, according to Bad Gal is always looking for opportunities that present themselves. He thought he could BUY that house for 30k from the city who was 'auctioning it off'. Ha. Not even close to true. So I informed him of all the TRUE facts about the house and the people he seemed to 'love'. Never heard from him again.

BUT because of his 'double crossing' and telling what I'd said to the 'enemy' I wrote a note to the Niece and this time she WROTE BACK! My fortune cookie from last week said: "You will soon receive a letter of great importance". I saved it and it came TRUE!

The letter said, thanks thanks thanks, and assured me that the family has TWO lawyers, one for the probate, and another specifically to evict the squatters. She is also working with the local Police Detective who handles this case, to round up and prosecute ANY and ALL persons who have been in that house, have taken anything from the house, or had any part in destroying, occupying, etc. She said she might call me to testify as to what I've seen and heard and thanked me for watching so vigilantly. Wheeeeeee!

Eventually something will happen. Maybe not soon, but she's working on it and some people are going to be VERY surprised to find themselves in jail or being sued in civil court. Bad Gal has been so cozy with me for the last week, desperately trying to extricate herself from all this that SHE started. I will NOT be telling her about this letter or anything about prosecution being a really viable plan. I feel sorry for her new boyfriend though. He is the ONLY one involved in all this who actually has a JOB and he is the one who will suffer the most. He has money, he can be made to pay for everything they can prove. Poor guy, he seems to be just another 'victim' of Bad Gal's evil plans.

Can't wait to see what happens next. Either the Marshals will show up to evict the current Squatters, or the police will come to arrest everyone, or the Meth Lab (which we are pretty sure they now are running) will blow up the entire house and cause havoc for the whole neighborhood. Hope it's the former rather than the latter option.

More news when it happens, I sense it won't be long until something starts the ball rolling over there. Wheeee!