crandc
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Not sure if this is OT but does relate back to final game of Finals.
Background - the man across the street likes to party. That's not unusual. But he built an overhang onto his garage so he & his guests could party outdoors even in rainy weather. Inside the garage is a sound system with two massive amplifiers. This is what you'd see in an outdoor concert of loud music, not a residential neighborhood. At first although unbearably loud he turned off music at reasonable hours but lately not so. A week ago Saturday I kept waking thinking the alarm was going off - 1 AM, 2 AM, 3:30 AM, at 4 AM I gave up. They are across the street, I live in the back half of a duplex and my bedroom is in very back, plus wearing earplugs, so you can get an idea how loud it was. Just before 5 AM they shut off. I don't like calling cops on neighbors unless there's an actual crime but some neighbors have; however, noise complaints are low priority. Talking to him did not work, he would act nice if he was alone but nothing changed.
Last Friday he got home just when I was finishing watering my yard, with a couple of his pals. Sure enough, loud music started, I said something unprintable, went inside, put in ear plugs. About an hour later the music stopped because they went inside to watch the game. I can't see the street from my unit unless I go outside. So was unaware anything unusual going on until...
Sirens. Lots of sirens. And shouting.
At least 10 police cars. This man had invited people to watch the game, as in a LOT of people. Most houses have a driveway and garage but as houses are close together street parking is limited. His guests had double parked, parked in people's driveways, blocked driveways, even blocked the intersection leading to our street - it's a one block dead end off another one block street. Police were inundated with complaints from irate residents returning home unable to get to their homes. They were driving over sidewalks to get to our street, which had now become totally barricaded between cops and illegally parked cars.
Neighbor and guests all taken away in handcuffs. Now, all this seemed like overkill for parking violations; it would have been more usual to ticket everyone and order them to move their vehicles, not arrest and haul off to jail. We could tell there was alcohol and marijuana in the house, both of which are legal, but people wondered if cops found substances that were not (news flash, if you want to break the law, don't call attention to yourself) or possibly someone fueled by alcohol and testosterone decided it would be a good idea to mouth off at the cops (news flash, never a good idea to mouth off at cops). I also wonder, considering how elaborate the set-up is, if my neighbor might have been operating a word-of-mouth unlicensed club. Anyway, after everyone was hauled off tow trucks came and towed every illegally parked vehicle. Some people started telling the cops about the all night amplified music and lack of response, they said call them every time, this place is now on their radar. Everyone then went back inside to watch the game.
Saturday afternoon my neighbor returned home with a woman in a uniform, apparently not police, I saw no police car. She was checking items off a clipboard. Then she left and he went inside, stayed inside all weekend. It was amazingly quiet.
Unless they showed the NBA Finals in the slammer, all these people missed the game.
Background - the man across the street likes to party. That's not unusual. But he built an overhang onto his garage so he & his guests could party outdoors even in rainy weather. Inside the garage is a sound system with two massive amplifiers. This is what you'd see in an outdoor concert of loud music, not a residential neighborhood. At first although unbearably loud he turned off music at reasonable hours but lately not so. A week ago Saturday I kept waking thinking the alarm was going off - 1 AM, 2 AM, 3:30 AM, at 4 AM I gave up. They are across the street, I live in the back half of a duplex and my bedroom is in very back, plus wearing earplugs, so you can get an idea how loud it was. Just before 5 AM they shut off. I don't like calling cops on neighbors unless there's an actual crime but some neighbors have; however, noise complaints are low priority. Talking to him did not work, he would act nice if he was alone but nothing changed.
Last Friday he got home just when I was finishing watering my yard, with a couple of his pals. Sure enough, loud music started, I said something unprintable, went inside, put in ear plugs. About an hour later the music stopped because they went inside to watch the game. I can't see the street from my unit unless I go outside. So was unaware anything unusual going on until...
Sirens. Lots of sirens. And shouting.
At least 10 police cars. This man had invited people to watch the game, as in a LOT of people. Most houses have a driveway and garage but as houses are close together street parking is limited. His guests had double parked, parked in people's driveways, blocked driveways, even blocked the intersection leading to our street - it's a one block dead end off another one block street. Police were inundated with complaints from irate residents returning home unable to get to their homes. They were driving over sidewalks to get to our street, which had now become totally barricaded between cops and illegally parked cars.
Neighbor and guests all taken away in handcuffs. Now, all this seemed like overkill for parking violations; it would have been more usual to ticket everyone and order them to move their vehicles, not arrest and haul off to jail. We could tell there was alcohol and marijuana in the house, both of which are legal, but people wondered if cops found substances that were not (news flash, if you want to break the law, don't call attention to yourself) or possibly someone fueled by alcohol and testosterone decided it would be a good idea to mouth off at the cops (news flash, never a good idea to mouth off at cops). I also wonder, considering how elaborate the set-up is, if my neighbor might have been operating a word-of-mouth unlicensed club. Anyway, after everyone was hauled off tow trucks came and towed every illegally parked vehicle. Some people started telling the cops about the all night amplified music and lack of response, they said call them every time, this place is now on their radar. Everyone then went back inside to watch the game.
Saturday afternoon my neighbor returned home with a woman in a uniform, apparently not police, I saw no police car. She was checking items off a clipboard. Then she left and he went inside, stayed inside all weekend. It was amazingly quiet.
Unless they showed the NBA Finals in the slammer, all these people missed the game.
