on May 31st 2024 officers responded to a
call about a woman threatening a
landscaper with a
weapon for my protection just to you
know make sure he doesn't do anything
okay um I know I did not point it at him
I kept it here and I no I'm just yeah my
main thing is is that that's not
a it you're putting yourself in danger
you could have just called us instead of
putting yourself into that position of
bringing that stuff out here because
that's not gonna hold up that's gonna be
battle because it is a weapon you can
still poke somebody's eye out with him
you can still hurt him with it no I
would never hurt anybody with it it's
mostly for my protection and it's not
some people may think some people can't
distinguish what a real firearm looks
like and a BB gun looks like you may
yeah but maybe he doesn't but it was not
meant for so when we're getting a call
out we're getting a call that there's a
neighbor spe and there's a gunm and
everyone's like there's no gun
and then you go well I have a I don't
own any guns don't but I have a BB gun
it's a toy gun yeah and no I did not
point it at him for the record also I
don't know how to communicate to him
like don't come into the garden don't
keep the trash hands don't steal the
stuff like I don't know what to do like
at this point keep keep put no
trespassing sign okay you can put the
signs all you want you put and we can
put the video but what you need to do is
just call us because if you're going to
come out here and put yourself in
let me tell you right now I'm just I'm
just going to throw this out there yeah
let's say you did have a firearm and he
keeps doing that and then you ended up
using it you would you would be at fault
no I would never do that that's the it's
not it's not protecting you but I would
never do that that's the thing and I
don't know how to keep them out so why
bring a BB gun out here and confront the
man if you if you think you're going to
need it that you should call us we time
hello uh we'll talk to you over there
sir
okaye so we call you have ID on it's a
my all my ID but I don't know what how
to keep him out we keeps doing this week
after week after week after week after
well we're going to have to talk to him
but do you understand where we're coming
from no I know where you're coming from
I just don't know to do what did you
understand from what we just said from
what my partner just said don't confront
tell the police okay I mean I could call
you guys do you see the issue I handle
sorry what do you mean do you see the
issue at hand do you have the issue at
hand right now that we're dealing with
is the firearm it's I don't have a
firearm okay it's still a it still
shoots projectile you and it still hurt
somebody it's not even Clos to him' it's
in my G listen it's still a type of
firearm you understand that right it's a
type okay it shoots a BB it can kill a
small animal I don't think it kills a
small animal oh it can I'm telling you c
yeah you kill squirrels with it you kill
you can kill frogs with it all types of
things I have to keep something with me
but I can't you coming all the way out
of your house coming all the way up here
placing a firearm right here no right
here yeah okay that's all I have okay
technicalities yeah excuse me you still
brought it all the way over here to
confront somebody no not with the
firearm so I'll explain to you again
you're trying to justify your means and
we're telling you you're completely
wrong okay you're you're in this land
over here that's not understanding the
importance of what we're trying to tell
you and you're just staying in your la
la world you're not understanding
anything we're telling you no okay I'm
listening okay yeah yeah understand this
yeah taking a firearm or a BD gun or any
type of
projectile bow and arrow or anything KN
anything coming all the way out of your
house and placing it right here at the
property ride to confront somebody is
completely wrong if you have the if you
think you have the need to do that you
need to call us and not be
confronting come that's what we're
trying to get at because you know if
there is imp plagued intent with this
you could go to jail mhm you cuz you are
the primary
aggressor oh God no can I see your ID
please yeah it's p yeah
but we have to stop him from coming well
we'll talk to him but that's what we're
here for because we want to mediate that
and then we can also document if you can
just ask him not to trespass I don't
know what I would like what what I
should do um if you don't mind finishing
up gathering for 14 yeah I'm going go
there for a second yeah yeah just to
help him out
yeah if you could just tell him not to
come here like again just don't just
don't enter the property well we're
going to be talking about that too with
that would be amazing like just don't
come inside stick to your side of the
lawn hey we see this B
gun I'm going to get on security and
that's all I have for my protection I
don't have anything
else um this is all I
have like fire I don't have anything
else on me
look if I don't have this he can
trespass do whatever he wants M you can
call us we've already you've explained
that multiple times that you can call us
we can trespass joining it doesn't work
I mean none of that
works well this is not the way to go
about it okay you need to take a lawful
course of action this is not a lawful I
just kept it on the side I literally
don't know what else to do
talk him a million times a billion times
not even a million but a
billion nonstop every single like day
month after month for years yeah but the
way you went about bringing that
outside it's no I mean it's not outside
still inside the garden definitely no no
no once it exits the inside of that
residence it's outside
if you have your firearm inside the
residence no problem
but bringing it all the way out here to
confront somebody that is that's most
wrong with on him it was mostly for me
so if he attacks me if he tries to choke
me or does anything at least I have
something I'm not just you know standing
there you went there to for your intent
to confront him correct not confront
them about that right don't come inside
the property like stay out of the
property by the way his lawn Mo truck
was not parked outside his residence it
was parked outside my residence that's
where he Parks it and then he comes
inside helps himself with the I can't do
anything about somebody parking in front
of your house unless they're parking in
front of your driveway yeah yeah no I'm
telling you what I'm just explaining to
the whole thing did it look
I always
expecting listen his questions over
don't talk over
him my partner explain to I'm get a
statement from you okay and what is your
name again Deputy Duncan Duncan Deputy
Duncan yes all right so tell me what
happened okay I'll tell you the full
story this incident of him trespassing
and
oh this incident of him trespassing
through our garden helping him Sol the
again has been going on for almost two
years now so he comes in he forcefully
mows a large section of the grass um
claiming that it's his basically the
hedges and like all the way back to
where you're standing to that line the
whole You' told them a million times and
a million times nonstop trespassing
nonstop so I put you know signs there
saying no trespassing was your being
mom stopped him
I I don't think they much that's the
back start all right so now let's get
back as usual per schedule he comes
again um and starts
Ming starts the
head I put a NRA sping sign you see the
NRA sping sign I says yes I see it I
told him then stay out he's like oh I
you know did by accident and then he
said he changed the story then he's like
um oh no this is my cousin's grass or
this is my cousin cousins either on my
cousin's plants or something then you
know the renters came out um and I told
them do you see the patch that he's
mowing like do you see he's mowing in
front of the hedges and she's like yeah
um I lawn he's
amazing him want you don't have to you
know keep having him do it back on track
no this is today yeah that's
um now I don't know what to do so I was
like okay and I'm tell him to back off
again um so I went and I said Mom let's
go outside I'm just like you know cing
pH I said okay I'll go on my own so uh
the only thing I have is my toy gun and
it doesn't work so I was like okay if he
tries to attack toy gun what's the toy
gun the one that I the one I gave you
the one you guys
have um is it a pellet game it is a
pellet that's pets not a toy yeah it's a
pet gun but it doesn't work but that's
all I have I don't have anything like I
don't have any weapons
so but it's it's good enough cuz it
looks it looks like a real gun it's real
it looks real so that if it does the job
like it you know if he tries to choke me
or does anything I can just be like hey
back off like don't come into my garden
again so I kept it on the side by the
nor trest Passing sign and I told him
you know like
please just don't come again like I
don't know what else to tell you like
don't just don't come inside okay just a
verr your intention
for getting the pelan that looks real
was
to it was for my safety but it doesn't
work right it doesn't work no but still
like it just be like hey back off so it
was for your safety yeah I talked to the
landscape
guy he advised me that you pointed that
toy gun that looks absolutely real at
him no I did not point the gun
absolutely not I did not point the gun
at him the gun is mostly like I don't
know how like it's going to again he's
going to come back next he's going to
walk inside the house all right give me
a sec yeah time now is 1456
hours Ma'am why don't you go have a seat
on your uh bench right there and we'll
be right back with you okay come on over
here
ma'am Deputy Duncan's going to explain a
couple things to you you
mind just never mind yeah go ahead all
right so
here's the deal like I explained to you
before
right reason I got a statement from you
I got your our job is basic to three
three simple
things save lives preserve property and
keep peace two of the three our jobs are
done preserving property done save lives
is done keeping the peace not so much so
what you did you went out of your way to
do the job by speaking to him instead of
if it's a problem many times yeah but
you don't talk to people with toy guns
you know what I'm saying that is a
little too much of SC you get get that
to scare people you can't do that he
said that you point it at I did not
point it I did you say you didn't that's
fine but right now hly I'm just trying
to keep him out of my house all right I
don't I literally don't know I'll
explain it to him this what you want me
to do okay property line don't even work
yeah all right okay going for you can't
just point guns at people I did not
Point even if it's real even if it's
fake even if I have a gun I put on the
table hey don't that's still the same
thing I did not point it at it I know
but you still brought it out you brought
it out your intentions still bring it
out you said it you brought it out
yourself okay yeah do you understand
resp I understand honestly do you want
me to tell your mom to grab you some
shoes or all no I I wouldn't bother her
she just flew from India honestly I got
I'm going to give her your phone unless
you want the phone to go I'll keep the
phone with me honestly I need the phone
that's all we'll do the proper no I do
not need to gooll back that's um do you
have any shoes at like the front door I
get
grab all right I'm just confused don't
worry about the
shoes one
have me meet with me at sir um you have
paper walking
all
victim you want me to tell your mom that
you're going to the jail absolutely not
I'll handle it okay so she's just going
to look outside see that you're not here
that's fine I'll call her
okay I'm
honestly I don't even know what to
say I don't have a fire gun A gun I
didn't point the gun at him the gun is
not for him it's not for him at
all Deputy
Duncan
did did you communicate to him not to
enter the garden
yes okay
do you think he might not trespass next
week or month um
honestly that's the least of your
worries right now