Newarcher Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 My wife works in a hospital with a lady (Melissa) who is married to a bum. They have four kids together and the guy has been in and out of jail for, well, ever. The kids are at the age where they want some affection from the dad and he refuses to give them a hug. Sad case. The wife put it all on the line in order to buy a house and now he won't work and is stealing money from the wife for drugs. Well, we moved into a new house last Summer and Melissa asked about the house. It seems that Pete (the husband) painted some around here. General consensus in the neighborhood is that he isn't to be hired or trusted again. He actually broke into my neighbor's house and started working....my neighbor said that he didn't take anything though. ODD. After we moved in, he knocks on the door while my wife is home one afternoon. He sent out some ads in the local coupon mailer and wondered if she might have one. She didn't let him in and gave him the ad. Odd in and of itself. I figured he might be trying to drum up some business. I still didn't like him showing up. Well, last night my wife went to bed and I was up watching TV. The doorbell rings and wakes me up--I wasn't watching as much as I thought! I woke her up just in case and turned off the alarm. It was Pete. I had never met Pete. He introduced himself and said that Melissa was stuck in Atlanta and he didn't have gas to get out there to get her--we live about 30 miles away. Okay, possible. He says that Melissa...as a last ditch effort....told him to stop by our house to see if he could borrow some money until this morning when Melissa would give it back to my wife. Seemed feasible. My wife was skeptical since this guy is a real lowlife and carrys on with multiple women with whom he has children. She tried calling Melissa on her cell phone and couldn't reach her. Meanwhile, he was standing on my front porch. I finally gave him $3.50 in quarters (enough to get any car to Atlanta and back) and he looked at me like I was crazy but it was literally all I had. If he had put a gun to my head, I couldn't find any more. I don't keep stash cash in the house. So I get rid of him and we are looking at each other like "I can't believe that Pete--not knowing either of us--would be crazy and brazen enough to do that". But at the same time I was worried about his wife, if she was really stranded. So my wife called her house and whadda you know, she answers and guess who just came home not five minutes after leaving my house....PETE. My wife asks if she is okay to which she, oblivious to why my wife was calling at a quarter past MIDNIGHT inquiring if she is alright answers yes. This clown showed up at MIDNIGHT knocking on the door of someone he doesn't even know and has never met to beg for money--with a lie that he knows will be found out as soon as my wife talks to his wife. My wife tells Melissa the story and she seems half peeved off but also somewhat out of it or ambivalent to the situation. I gave her the benefit of the doubt and figured that maybe she didn't want to start a fight in front of the kids--with my wife on the phone--but you figure that she would call today and apologize that her husband did that. Nope. He said he was going to come back to repay me tonight but I told him not to. If he does, I am going to explain that I don't want to further his legal troubles but that if he ever shows up on my property again, I will give him the beatdown of a lifetime and then call and have him arrested. I think probably my wife will have to relay the information to Melissa on Monday that if I see him again, he will be going to jail. I doubt he will show up. Can you believe that? I am somewhat scared to have my wife and especially my mother-in-law (who is way too trusting) here alone during the day. I don't think he is violent...just a drunk and a druggie but if he is willing to show up on my doorstep on a Thursday night at MIDNIGHT to lie to me and ask someone he doesn't know for money, what else is he willing to do? I thought about going ahead and getting a restraining order for him but will try the easy route first. I hope he shows up because I want him to have ample warning that if he shows up again, he will see fists and fir flying. Kind of sickening that you can't feel comfortable in your own home because you never know what this guy is going to do. This takes the cake as the weirdest thing I have ever seen. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007hunter Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever Hmmm....hard to say what I'd do. I'm sure you already know this but as a precautionary reminder, if that guy is on drugs and he needs them bad enough he will turn violent and will do whatever it takes to get the $$ for them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever Scary situation for both her and for all of her friends that her husband is the way he is. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever i think you have a good plan. follow through, and be rid of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever I would simply make a trip to his house at quarter past midnight and knock on his door. I would politely tell him in person that if he ever tries to step onto your property again he will be arrested and probably limp away if he's lucky. If he ever calls or tries to make contact in any way, he will be dealt with severely. If this causes a conflict then so be it. He started it and probably thinks you are a pushover. I had a guy that used to call my wife because they worked together at a nursing home. He lied to a boss to get our phone number and would call to try and talk to her when he was drunk with his girlfriend sitting there next to him. I think they were into some freaky stuff. Anyway, I answered the phone one night and it was him. He said he was a different name and that they went to school together. I said she didn't know him and that he needed to never call back again. I dialed the number back and his girlfriend answered it. I told her in no uncertain terms that if he ever called again that I would break the fingers with which he dialed the phone and that I would turn his face into a pile of hamburger meat. He never did call back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever That's what drugs do to you. They turn you into a complete pathetic idiot. I am willing to bet, that he abuses his wife. Why else would she put up with a sloth like that. Be firm with him for sure, and keep the doors locked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever I wouldn't trust this guy to be "non-violent". Desperate people do desperate things. And the ones addicted to drugs will do ANYTHING to get their fix. Warn the guy, yes. Inform the law about what he's doing also. My sister-in-law went thru this very same thing last year with some crack heads that live in her neighborhood. Some girl came knocking on THEIR door in the wee hours of the morning begging for money with some lame story. She told her no. Called the law.....and get this......the law came and found her knocking on someone else's door that same night....and arrested her. Good luck with this. And I hope your wife knows how to use a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OldBuckhunter Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever get a restranding order. If hes taking drugs, and it gets bad enough, he will kill anyone for it. It doesnt matter who he kills. Do you have an alarm system? I would take precautions, especially if wife is home alone. Teach her to handle a gun as huntin girl says. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IADEERDUDE Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever crazy story, but sadly there are lots of people out there like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever [ QUOTE ] Hmmm....hard to say what I'd do. I'm sure you already know this but as a precautionary reminder, if that guy is on drugs and he needs them bad enough he will turn violent and will do whatever it takes to get the $$ for them... [/ QUOTE ] Unfortunately I have to agree with this. I would definitely be concerned. If it were me under those circumstances with the concerns about the wife, I would probably go ahead and contact the local law enforcement agency and see about a restraining order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever I've got a very good friend that got hooked on Oxicontin (sp) after surgery. He gradually went from a very athletic 6' 200lb 30yr.old man to a 5'10" 135lb 60year old looking guy in 7 years. He was completely incoherent and everything was a consperacy against him. Just befor he went into rehab he spent $16K in just 2 weeks on drugs, he was kicked out of his house and his wife took his kids and left. Just a day or so befor he went into rehab he was on his way with a gun to get his wife and kids back (Because the in-laws had "kidnapped them) on his way he stopped off to get some gas and a guy sold him some meth befor he could get the gas. Turns out that this meth deal probibly saved lives and kept him from going to prison. He ran out of gas and called his sister to come give him some money. Whe she got there he told her his intentions and she took him to their childhood paster. The paster got him into a faithbased rehab center and through detox. That was about a week befor Thanksgiving. He has been clean sence then has a job and is taking care of his wife and kids again. He is back in church and is becomeing a productive person again. 2 points - 1. Good people can get hooked on drugs. No one is better than anyone else. It could happen to me or you. 2. He was ready to kill. He was not like that befor he got hooked on drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever The last time I gave you advice you went into hock for a new truck. LOL! Seriously though I would talk to the local cops and make them aware of the situation. No doubt we all would like to handle it ourselves but with him being a druggie , sleeping around etc. a thrashing of a guy who might have HIV or worse might not be such a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultratec1 Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever Your local law enforcement needs to be aware of his actions so he can be dealt with. The thing about a restraining order is going to be hard to do unless you have pressed charges on him. That is the way it is in Iowa anyway. The offender has to have committed a crime against you or your family in order to have a restraining order in effect. Good luck with this bozo and take precautions when dealing with him. Keeping your family safe is the #1 concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever I don't know about Georgia, but here in Vermont, you have to have been married, lived with, or slept with the person to whom you want the restraining order against. Around here folks don't justr show up if they know what's good for them.......My brother thought it would be funny to send his friend to my door at 10 pm one night when I lived in the middle of nowhere.......his friend was met with the business end of my Mossberg at the door and my bro was screaming not to shoot from the driveway while trying not to laugh too much..........in Vermont, showing up that late can get someone shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever Wow, that is really scary! I would try to avoid any type of conflict with this guy, he's sounds dangerous anyway. I hope he stays away though, what a weirdo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad dryden Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever Well the thing is yeah if he shows up I wouldent beat on him becouse you could end up in jail just warn him that you dont want him around and then if he shows up again then and wont stop then get a restraining order on him and keep all windows and doors locked at all times just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 9, 2006 Report Share Posted April 9, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever You cannot trust a drug addict, plain and simple. They have no conscience and will do anything to get their next fix. If they get desperate enough, you never know, how far they will go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted April 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2006 Re: Get this.....strangest knock at the door ever Well, I ain't sleeping with him! I called the police and got a detective that deals with this kind of element all the time. She felt I would probably never see him again, since I am not related, and the gig is definitely up. If I were family, she would expect more sob stories. She also felt that since I only gave him $3.50 he probably felt that I was already on to him. I let my neighbor know that if they (they all used him to paint in the past and will not use him again) see him to call the police. My next door neighbor said that he didn't expect to see him during the light of day because he broke into his home. Apparently didn't steal anything but he was hired to work on the inside and my friend and his wife weren't home. So he used a screwdriver to open the window and climb in.....he let himself in to PAINT. He was fired after that and told if he ever came back that he would be arrested. That was comforting. The officer told me to file a restraining order so that in the future if he comes back, it is a felony--aggrivated stalking. Before I do that, my wife is going to talk to his wife today at work. Depending upon what she has to say and her attitude, we may just leave it at a warning that if he ever shows back up I am going to put him into the hospital and then have him arrested. We will see. I am in favor of doing the restraining order but then again it might make him mad. Say one of his buddies gets busted and he tells them, "Yea, I know who narcked on you, he lives at.......". I could open a whole can of worms. I doubt honestly that he will be back and we have a very good security system. We will see what happens, New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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