Shooting on Knox!

Well, it's been some interesting times here on Knox street as of late. A few weeks ago old Lucky, as always, needed to go outside, (boy, does he pee a lot). His hearing and eyesight aren't so good anymore, nor his bladder control for that matter. I let him out A LOT so he doesn't pee on the floor. He wanted to go out front so the two of us limp out into the street, with me wearing only my boxers, and Lucky pees on everybody's mail box post. As we walk by the next-door neighbors house at 1:00 a.m., she's really hollering at her boyfriend, Andy. Lots of "fu*# you" and "fu*#ing liar"; she sounded really angry. Still lots of yelling later that morning.

I was in the backyard early that afternoon getting ready to BBQ and they are still at it. She's hollering like you wouldn't believe. Suddenly, a gun shot rang out from their backyard... then all was quiet. I don't know what to do. I know I don't want to go over there for fear of being shot myself. A few minutes go by and the phone rings. It's one of my other neighbors telling me they're cops every where and they've blocked off the street with their cars with lights flashing and guns pointed at Andy's house and do not go outside. I look out the front window and, sure enough, there is a cop in my front yard with a rifle pointed at Andy's house. I had the front door open at the time and the cop tells me to evacuate the premises. I said I'll just shut the doors and stay inside. He tells me to stay inside and stay away from the windows as, "This is a very serious situation."

Some time passed and I saw that the cop that was in my yard was gone and some of the neighbors had gathered in the street . They told me Andy and Adrian had both been handcuffed and hauled away. I went out to talk about all this craziness when a plain clothes detective came over and interviewed me about what I saw and heard. This led to the police coming to my house for 5 days straight, asking me questions. Everyday there was a big cop in my house, grilling me on what I knew about Andy and his girlfriend, which was not much as I barely knew the guy and his girlfriend at all. They stayed to themselves pretty much and just waved to me as they drove down the street.

Andy's mom started calling me several times a day from So. Cal. I had never met her before so I didn't know her either. She was just a concerned mom worried about her son and decided that, because I was her son's neighbor, I would take care of all these things: Hire a lawyer, get a locksmith to change the locks, go to the court house, get copies of documents, visit him in jail and on and on and on... She also dragged Christy into this mess as well.

Finally, after a week of this madness, a cop stopped by the house (again!) and advised me to withdraw myself from this whole thing. He said I could be subpoenaed to stand before the court and testify and then I'll need a lawyer and it could draw on for a very long time. I told the cop, "I'm done with this whole thing." I mean, after all, I'm just the neighbor and really have nothing to do with any of this.

So it looks like, after all was said and done, Andy got bailed out and moved back to So. Cal and she stayed there next door for a few weeks, taking all his stuff out, and even though she is charged with attempted murder (she fired the gun), she is out partyin' and havin' a great time selling his belongings.

So things have quieted down as the the the-house-from-hell seems to be vacant. Working on planting in the vegetable garden and the boat mechanic should be towing the boat to his yard today for some work to get it ready for the summer. I've already got the same dock lined up that I had the last couple of years so that's one thing I don't have to worry about.

Lets hope for a great summer,

Bob