...looking at me and my daughter? I wrote a letter to the Board of Trustees to which she is one about an incident today.
Can anyone help me on how I can get her to leave me alone? Is this stalking or harrassment?


Dear Trustees and

I would like to bring for to your attention that today at 3:25 I was forced to call the Police on Evelyn for taking candid photos of myself and daughter as I had all 4 door open of my car as I was washing the inner windows with a sponge.
An adult arm and hand appeared in her window that has all shades closed excepted her 10 inch opening of her shade.
The reason I called the police is because this past month my daughter came to me visibly upset as Evelyn yelled at my daughter to enter her unit. I have taught my children never ever to go into someone’s home. My daughter felt unsafe and ran to me whereas I called the police. (There are logs).
(wait continued)
The police spoke to her and returned to me telling me that he asked her to leave me and my family alone as I have told him that she has been stalking us. Today she did not heed his request, therefore I called the police after seeing an adult hand (she claimed it was a child in her arms that looked to be 3 years old) who probably took pictures of my daughter and I washing down the inner windows of my car.
Immediately I called the condo office because I feel that she was trying to entrap me somehow as retaliatory action to having the police speak to her last month when trying to get my child into her unit. With the police officer today she admitted to peeping out of her peephole as we would walk up the stairs and follow my husband to the garbage as he would throw out the trash.
The officer today asked her “Did you do that” and her answer was “Yes, I wanted to teach him to throw out the trash”. My husband is a grown man in his 40s! He does not need help throwing out the trash. Does he need a university degree in recycling? Then, on top of it we get pictures mailed to us of our trash thrown out!
I told Evelyn today in front of the police officer that if there is a problem please communicate with me but do not yell at my children because I do not do that to yours. Do not follow us to the trash, do not photograph me outside while you are concealed squatting and seeing your hand with your camera that my daughter and I described. I do not that my children are safe around her so I do not want her telling them to “Get in here right now”.
I am an owner. This is my home as much as it is hers.
I do not say anything about her policing the property late at night because that does not affect me. Evelyn was quick to point out today that there is no law against photographing my daughter and myself from her window. And I added and there is no law about publishing those photos on some slimy website either. But there IS a law against stalking and I have been forced to start making a log on the advice of the police about all these incidents. How sad when all I wish is to live in peace.
I felt it important to bring to the management and trustee’s attention these incidents.
I felt that I had to call the office today and tell them that I am SURE that Evelyn will take photos of me cleaning my car windows and then come up with some lie that I am in violation of ABC…..This is all retaliatory or just the work of some at home all day person who needs to ‘get a life’! As I have continued to feel unsafe and my children have told me the same, I called the police today especially since last month the police told me that after speaking to her that she was told to leave my children and me alone and today she did not. However, I would hope that because she is a trustee that she is not above the rules of the condo and that she has some perceived power above all. Upon speaking to another trustee I was told that ‘even trustees need to live by the rules” therefore am submitting this letter.
Once more, it is not merely perception that we are being stalked which needs to come to an end and want to make you aware of this.

Strange. You should confront her as to why she takes interest in your daughter. Is your daughter adopted?

I kind of doubt you have much legal recourse. Unfortunately, while annoying as heck and very inappropriate, this does not typically reach the level of harassment, and definitely not stalking. It seems to me that you just have a nosey and nutty neighbor. I can understand your disgust with the situation, but it is impossible for the police to enforce people taking pictures of people in public/open-view places. I have had to deal with problems like that a few times when I was a cop, and it was always a problem since the problem person wasn't breaking any actual laws, but was definitely being a major problem. I hope you can find a solution to this problem, and I think you are taking the best steps you can.

that's horrible,and I would send the letter to other families near you as she is a peeping tom and might be a molester of some type,so if you share what she is doing with others she might stop as every one will be shy of her and maybe she will be embarrassed her actions are not normal, and if possible maybe get a video camera and record her actions to show to your development, do not give up trying to find a solution to this problem, I find her to be a person who might need medical help, she lives in your complex and has the right to look out the window, but I think your right to carry on in a normal manner in your home with out fear is something you should ask an attorney about, and I would think someone taking pictures of me and my family whom I don;t really know is against some law.she could be a kidnapper, I don't like neighbors who take pictures of children they don't personally know, and tell your daughter to scream every time she says something to her.lets hope your other neighbors are looking. good luck.

Keep a record of the times and date of each incounter.then call a meeting of the trustee.

she a perv