Video of Gun fire on New Year's Eve , 2011 at 5:50 PM
12/31/ 2011 events
It was around 5:45 PM Dec. 31, 2011 and Scott had just stepped out the kitchen door to take down the vegetable matter to our compost pile and rapid gun fire came from near the property line (about 60 feet away)... from the Repash property—above the shared road. It was dark and the gun fire was close. Like they were waiting/stalking since we have the same cook out ritual and time table every week all year round on a Saturday night. The first round of gun fire came from near the spot that Jesse and Brett or his son
occupied earlier in the day. Then I came out and more gun fire happened near our pond-the person shooting was walking around. Total of about 20 shots from a high caliber over a period of 10 minutes—very brazen. We both got some iphone recordings of the gun fire with the flood lights next door etc.. Earlier in the day, Jesse was standing near the property line near the new feeder stand that is placed so he can get a view of our front porch and pretend he is feeding the birds. We believe it is a convenient spot to stalk us and
pretend he is performing a chore, but a very inconvenient spot to refill and maintain on a regular basis. We believe he is totally obsessed with us and at his breaking point. Jesse is not getting the reaction he is looking for
from us. It was the same spot where we recently saw a Red
Votive candle burning outdoors throughout the
evening and into the night. The candle was on a stump,
under an evergreen tree near a bed of pine needles—
not the safest place to burn a candle out doors.
Maybe there were other intentions? We saw Jesse standing
there with who we believe was Brett or his adult son...he
appeared to be very uncomfortable and would occasionally
take a quick look down our way giving the appearance of
planning something? Our dog had alerted us to their
movement. Bret and his son have similar body structure.
We got the impression that we were the topic of the
conversation by their body language.
The person who we believe may be Brett or his son would
make quick glances our way, but looked like he was making
a conscious effort to keep his back to us so we could not
clearly identify anyone. They were looking down here for
about 1 hour and some. This was observed from inside our
home. Then later in the afternoon around 5, Scott was
drying our dog off on the deck and we heard Brett shouting
"Happy New Year" and waving down here several times to get
our attention from near the shared property line. We could
see Jesse there with his flash orange hat; the same hat he
had on earlier in the day with a beak. We flipped it.
After the gun fire went off this evening, we called the Police.
Scott dialed 911 around 5:50 PM . The police showed up; it
was Ptlm. Haggerty again. He stated that we could be lying
to him—he was trying to make us look foolish again. He said
the gun fire could becoming from a distance and we could
be mistaken about the vicinity. Haggerty appeared to be
looking for wiggle room for our neighbor. We played the
iphone and he was still dismissive and indifferent and kept
trying to make us feel like we had a problem... he said
"you might even have done the shooting yourselves and
recorded it, that there was no visual evidence and we could
be fabricating evidence. He said "is there a time/date
stamp on the video, as it could be an old recording." He
even said that "Jesse could have been target practicing"—
it was dark. Then as we were talking, 4 rapid same caliber
gun shots came from Brett Schneider's property near the
fire they were burning. We said to the Cop "did you hear that?
" Ptlm. Haggerty said, "Now that I heard." At first the cop was
trying to make us feel like we were making it up...that we
would fabricate evidence, that we may have mistaken gun
fire at a distance and it was not coming from neighboring
properties. I told him "I would take a polygraph test if he
wanted me to prove I wasn't lying" and he showed
apprehension by my request—like I was making a threat.
We believe Haggerty was giving us the impression he was
protecting our neighbors and knew what was going on,
playing games again. He then went up to Brett Schnieder's
after hearing the gun fire and then came back. His first
response was "Boy, you sure have some neighbors." He said
that Brett didn't hear any gunfire and was preparing for a
party and it could have been another neighbor. Haggerty
said he got "in his face" (referring to his speaking to Brett).
There was a fire burning in Brett's backyard which was in
the vicinity of the gun fire that the patrolman witnessed in
our presence. The fire began burning right before sunset. We actually thought that some resolve would occur but again
felt totally dismissed. We were told by the township that
fires at night are not permissible. We suspect it is some sort
of Witchcraft ritual(another story). We believe the Patrolman
knew who was doing the gunfire and had given it a wink and
a nod and protecting them. The gunfire does violate the
township ordinance of shooting a firearm within 150 YARDS of
an occupied property. Both incidences of gunfire were about
30 to 60 feet away at best. And you can't discharge a gun at
night. Another note was that our videos don't show the back
porch light lit. The light is on day and night- something we
can't help but observe. It was probably turned off to provide
cover.
An addendum to what Jerry wrote about the gun fire from
Repash + Schneider New Year's Eve, 12/31/11...
When Ptlm. Haggerty arrived, I met his vehicle at the
property line where we keep a sawhorse barrier across the
drive. After he got out and we were speaking, I saw Jesse
briefly stick his head out his front door, then come over to
the window at his "study". It appeared he was on the phone.
As Ptlm. Haggerty drove up the drive to go to Schneider's to
investigate the gunfire after Brett fired the 4 or 5 shots,
I walked up our common drive to the property line to make
certain he got out OK. I could see Jesse Repash again at his
"study" window, appearing to be on the phone. It is my belief
that he was probably calling Brett, telling him that the
Officer was on his way up to see him.
Ptlm. Haggerty said since Brett or Jesse wasn't viewed or
caught with a smoking gun, there was nothing he could do.
That seems absurd. So we asked him "What do we do in the
future when this happens, as it will continue to happen and
escalate. What do we do if one of us is shot?" The only
answer was "continue to call 911". The Police report of the
investigation of the bullet hole we discovered in our outdoor
security shade on Nov.13 ,in our opinion, is an insult. And,
we could actually hear someone walking around near our
property line near our pond in between the rapid fire being
discharged by their high caliber firearm-they were that close.
We were really spooked because at any moment a bullet
could have come our way. There were branches snapping as
they walked. We now have a hunch and suspect that it was
Brett or his adult son doing the shooting. He has been seen
regularly hanging out next door with Jesse. There was a time recently
when he was standing near the shared property line with
Jesse staring over here. It was the day that Jesse's ATV got
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