Tee_C
Jan 5, 2012, 08:05 AM
I will try to be as detailed as possible.
I live in Colorado with my husband and child. We are military and recently moved here because of a mandatory move.
We moved into a rental property in a seemingly nice neighborhood with great neighbors and amenities. Well, about a week after we'd been here, a bounty hunter showed up at the door looking for the former tenant. My husband let the gentleman know that the former tenant no longer lived there, and asked what he was involved in (just so we'd know). Apparently the man was on some sort of drugs. My husband gave him our landlord's business card and mentioned that he may want to contact him in the event he'd be willing to give him his forwarding information.
Fast forward a week and a half later. The police now show up, ringing the bell at 7am. My husband answered and told them the same story: that the man didn't live there and he didn't know him.
Last night at 11pm, someone rang our doorbell repeatedly and rapidly. I was immediately afraid. Our family members are all over the country, we also have loved ones in the military, and someone in a panicked state at one's door is never a good thing. My husband answered the door. Lo and behold, it was the police again asking for the man. My husband reiterated that the man no longer lives here, and they asked my husband his name. He told them, they said, "Sorry to bother you", and they left.
Honestly, I am fed up. I have been an insomniac all my life, so it goes without saying that I did not go back to sleep last night. I didn't mind at first, but now I feel as though the police are harassing us. We are honest citizens who just happened to move into a home where someone unsavory lived, and we don't feel we should continue to be inconvenienced because the police have no other leads. Is this behavior illegal? What can we do?
I live in Colorado with my husband and child. We are military and recently moved here because of a mandatory move.
We moved into a rental property in a seemingly nice neighborhood with great neighbors and amenities. Well, about a week after we'd been here, a bounty hunter showed up at the door looking for the former tenant. My husband let the gentleman know that the former tenant no longer lived there, and asked what he was involved in (just so we'd know). Apparently the man was on some sort of drugs. My husband gave him our landlord's business card and mentioned that he may want to contact him in the event he'd be willing to give him his forwarding information.
Fast forward a week and a half later. The police now show up, ringing the bell at 7am. My husband answered and told them the same story: that the man didn't live there and he didn't know him.
Last night at 11pm, someone rang our doorbell repeatedly and rapidly. I was immediately afraid. Our family members are all over the country, we also have loved ones in the military, and someone in a panicked state at one's door is never a good thing. My husband answered the door. Lo and behold, it was the police again asking for the man. My husband reiterated that the man no longer lives here, and they asked my husband his name. He told them, they said, "Sorry to bother you", and they left.
Honestly, I am fed up. I have been an insomniac all my life, so it goes without saying that I did not go back to sleep last night. I didn't mind at first, but now I feel as though the police are harassing us. We are honest citizens who just happened to move into a home where someone unsavory lived, and we don't feel we should continue to be inconvenienced because the police have no other leads. Is this behavior illegal? What can we do?