It begins, in the begining.

[csdrone]

Go public. Like contact local and national media kind of public. Get a PERMANENT restraining order against this woman. Make sure her church elders KNOW you can AND WILL sue them if or when psycho woman comes within 500 feet of you and invokes their church's name (if they are denominational, a friendly note from a lawyer to the HQ would establish a papertrail and cause the woman all sorts of perfectly legal hassles). I would be careful that she does not put a lien on your home if you own one (again talk to a lawyer). She sounds psycho and she needs to be stopped (I am sure the nice people at the SPLC or maybe the ACLU would LOVE to help out).

[Antisocial_Worker]

This sounds like newspaper story fodder. You really ought to get the word out or at least try to get on a talk show or something.

[repsac]

One of the nice things for me now, is the fact that I'm looking at possibly building a new site. I've found some land my family is willing to buy me, and I've priced a good sized metal building from general. With construction out weighed by my choice to do it myself, the building will be just under twenty thousand.

I've some extra equipment I can sell off to offset this cost, Added with that the fact that I'll be some hundred odd miles from her stomping grounds...it's not likely I'll deal with her again.

The ladder thing probably was not her doing. That particular ladder had dumped a few other people in the past. Most of the ladders we had, needed you to push down on this lever and then lock it onto the axle. This ladder locked differently. I forget the mechanics of it, but if you got at the right angle, the thing could unlock itself. While a hazard, it was the shortest we had (5 feet) and managment were a bit too lazy to replace it. I think they couldn't find a suitable replacement either.


I didn't go to their church. I did however attend mine. It was a rather interesing sermon on how to be a servant. Without turning this religious, suffice to say the best quote was "Think about how you treat servants. They're like second class citizens to us."

[Moirae]

Glad to hear you'll probably never see her again.

As for the ladder thing, it's more the fact that she didn't run off to tell someone right after you fell. Instead, she just left.

[cpux]

Knowing what it's like to be on the receiving end of constant bullying and harassment, I feel for you. That "lady" (term used loosely) is nothing more than a bully and a racist, and it's a travesty that she holds so much clout in the community. Also, I think she should read the Gospels a little closer.

[Barefootgirl]

I may have missed this, but have you spoken to any of the elders at her church? THey may have more influence than you in persuading the lady to leave you alone.

As CBR mentioend, when you were failed on your essay for no good reason, but the professor chose to make it a religious point, that is the point when you should have reported it and made it an incident. God only knows what a professor who thinks writing analytically about marijuana is Satanic does when she is asked to teach about John Milton. You know, Milton? The guy who "wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it"?

[repsac]

rather amusing minor update to this.

Lawyer called me at home around noon a few days ago asking me if we could talk. (you know, that always unnerves me. Bosses say it before they fire you, girlfriends before they dump you...) Yeah. We can talk...

Well, lawyer said that the DA called and claimed he's been bombarded by letters to drop the case. Problem is that it has to go through me. Now, I don't know exactly HOW this works, but my guess is that even though the state is pressing the charges, that it's still my say so if I want to procede. So, I tell the lawyer to pass along that I will drop charges on ONE condition. I'm allowed to get a restraining order. (even with the history to this, there's some serious question if I'd be able to get one. Funky laws and such. ) He agrees to check with the DA and see what's up.

Couple hours later, he calls back and tells me not to worry about it. DA called and told him quote "Never mind. It's out of your hands now." WTF? Lawyer has no clue, but says he'll see what he can find out.

I don't find anything out until a few days ago, and I must admit I'm laughing at this one. It falls under the stupidity clause. (That clause saying that the more you belive you are right when you are wrong, the more likely it becomes that you will do something stupid.)

Churchlady, did something stupid.

Believing that SHE was right, after being released on bail, Churchlady failed to go to court for her arreignment. (sp?) Judge first issued a bench warrent for her. Bench warrents are no big deal. Nine times out of ten you go to the judge, sincerely appologize, and they'll let you off. I know, I've had one in the past due to a traffic ticket. Got off of it too because I got my days mixed up. Showed up a day late. Well, all she had to do was go in, pay the fine and plead. I don't know what she was thinking, or hoping to prove, but CL didn't only skip bail, but she left the state in doing it. Going to spend time with her "mother" I'd guess. Again, that wouldn't have been so bad. Bench Warrents can't be extradited for. It's not something that carries across state lines.

However...

I didn't know this, but the criminal mischief charge had been upgraded to a felony. When considering the damage the woman did, the officers had taken the value of the PS2 and game as being retail value. Which is around 150.00 dollars US. Anything over 100.00 is an automatic felony.

So, that means when she left the state and skipped bail, she went from being an irate zealot with a chip on her shoulder, to an Irate Zealot with a chip on her shoulder who was a wanted felon.

I don't know if the bondsmen have her yet, but whatever the case I don't have a thing to worry about. Once they get her, I expect she'll have a felony fleeing with attempt to elude tacked onto her case. That in itself carries a maximum of a five year prison sentence, with a minium of six months and a mandatory 10,000 dollar fine.



Couldn't happen to a better person.

[LadyMage]

Okay, I just read the entire thing.

WOW. Holy hell. This woman transcended all the boundaries of insane I've ever known.

After picking up my jaw from the floor, I say:
1. RESTRAINING ORDER EITHER WAY. Quote ALL the past stalking incidents. Quote all the jobs she caused you to lose. Quote EVERYTHING.

2. PROSECUTE.

3. The wanted felon part of things...just as you said. Couldn't happen to a better person.

4. I'm not even in law school and I'd think any prosecutor would have a field day with that case.

5. Keep us posted. I BEG.

[Der Cute]

I"m doing the NEENER NEENER NEENER dance as we read.

Seriously, even if she's in the can, GET A RESTRAINING ORDER!!!! If she's shown no other times of weirdass behaviour, she may be let go on her own recognizance.

DOCUMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ban the woman from being a football field close to you. Ever. She's missing more than a few marbles, and she's got her Evil Fingers in other people's lives.

Careful, and Cover Thy Arse.

Cute