Dianne,This is Ryan, Chris' neighbor.When last I spoke with you some years ago,

 

Chris Farrell <christopherfarrell@gmail.com>	Sat, Nov 14, 12:42 PM (23 hours ago)
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Dianne,This is Ryan, Chris' neighbor.When last I spoke with you some years ago, you advised me not to contact your son or to engage with him, but to contact you if I had any further issues.I have minded my own business living next door to Chris for 10 years, but things are getting out of hand next door and I would like to discuss with you what the next step is likely to be here.I have put up with musical jam sessions into the wee hours of the morning, passive harassment from your son on his porch, and frequent disturbances of all manner, but my patience is at its limit.For years Chris has had a stream of temporary house mates. I do not know the particulars of all these people, but my observation has been that he has rented out a room to someone for a few months, then something happens and they move, there is a period of time without anyone else, then the process repeats. Despite my personal opinion that this is very irresponsible (e.g. the poor Grad student some years back having his life upended), until recently these have been mostly average people conducting themselves in an average everyday manner and I have gone about my business. Something has changed.Chris is now running what I think could be characterized as a drug den out of his garage. There is a "Breaking Bad" type broken down motorhome camped out in the driveway, there is a constant flow of new and varied drug-using visitors who are either camping in the garage, or using it and the driveway as some sort of base of operations. I am making some assumptions here, but they are educated assumptions. It appears to me as though Chris is running his own personal homeless shelter and drug den out of the property.I pulled into my driveway a couple days ago while having to navigate my vehicle around a man hopped up on who knows what kind of drug "directing traffic" and interacting with all manner of things that were not there. I have observed this man living at the property for some months. A few days before that, a woman in the throws of some bad trip was screaming for hours while splayed out on the sidewalk, before returning to your property. Today I found a box of trash (alcohol containers, dvds, food containers, and other detritus) thrown into my yard as though it were a landfill. These are a few of countless recent examples and I have personally observed perpetual ongoing drug use on and around your property. The neighborhood has turned into a nexus of ongoing mental health crises and illegal activity. This is unacceptable.My wife no longer feels safe entering and exiting our front door. I no longer know who my neighbors are at any given moment. We live next to an elementary school. Neighbors on all sides have school aged and younger children. This is not the proper location for a halfway house.I will put this to you plainly. I wish to know what steps you intend to take to rectify this situation and I would appreciate some understanding of how you envision the future unfolding for Chris and this property, so that I may plan accordingly. A less than adequate response will force me to seek some other recourse.It would be better for you to somehow solve this situation and take measures to remedy it permanently, rather than leaving it to me to escalate through other channels. Your son has, apparently, had some paranoia about me for years and I, for years, have sought to transcend that by dealing with him in a respectful and straightforward manner and (since our last conversation) by not dealing with him at all. His paranoia is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, however. There are no positive feelings left on my side of the property line, except that I can appreciate that this is a difficult situation for you.I am not an unreasonable person and have, I think, been a patient and accommodating neighbor thus far. At the end of the day, however, I must take whatever legal means are necessary to maintain the safety and wellbeing of my family. I will look forward to a response and hope you are willing to speak with me so I can better understand what to expect from my neighbors next door and, thus, act accordingly.Sincerely,-W. Ryan Buys,