first-degree criminal lawnmowing

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Man faces charges for cutting lawn

August 13, 2002

MILFORD — A city man who allegedly cut a neighbor's lawn because he thought it was an eyesore was charged with trespassing, police said.

Kenneth Costello, 49, of 372 Plains Road was charged on a warrant with first-degree criminal trespass concerning a June 22 incident in which the owner of an Opal Street business complained that someone trimmed his trees and cut his grass without permission.

The property owner reported to police that he suspected Costello, who operates an adjacent business, had completed the unauthorized landscaping, the arrest warrant affidavit says.

Costello had been told to stay off the property that he entered to cut the grass, police said.

When police questioned Costello, he denied cutting trees but admitted he had cut the grass, saying he did so because "he thought it was an eyesore," the warrant affidavit says.

Costello is free on a promise to appear in Superior Court in Milford Aug. 27, police said.

©New Haven Register 2002 ”

“."Costello had been told to stay off the property that he entered to cut the grass, police said."

There appears to be more to this story.”

“I somehow got the feeling that his mowing and trimming were not exactly up to industry standards.”

“I wish my neighbors would mow my lawn. I had two trees blown over when I got home today. Maybe the neighbors will cut them up and haul them off too.”

“Same here. I read that and thought, "What's this guy complaining about?"”

“My neighbors mow their lawn maybe 2 times during the summer if we are lucky. It drives my mom crazy and if we tried to mow their lawn they would probably get mad at us too.

They used to have this wood fence between their property and ours and my mom thought it was very unattractive because it was old and there were many boards missing. So she started gradually trying to take the fence down because it made our yard look bad. They enventually caught her and told her to stop because it was their fence.”

“Used to live with my friend, rented a room from her. She actually asked permission to mow the neighbor lady's yard and the lady was fine with it. So, we picked up the trash and mowed the lawn all the time. The neighbor lady was happy to have us do it. Her and her adult children and their small kids who lived there with her were fine that we did this. All the other neighbors we talked to appreciated that we did it as it was years without care for that front yard before we took it over. We did not do much but just kept it from looking really awful. The woman was not so bright and married a man who was even dimmer and the kids were all low level but functional developmentally disabled folks. We figured it was community service work and were glad that they did not resent it.”

“there must be lots more to the story, some kind of feud between the dudes, it is so silly that folks get all worked up over such trivial stuff

sort of like falling for Trolls

only dweebs take it seriously”

“Thanks again, Nuppy!”

“I've cut two of my neighbors' lawns at times. They each say, "thank you." One of the families sometimes bakes me a pie. It sure is nice to have good neighbors.

And I've had one or two of my youngest daughters living with me for several years. Of course, the youngest is away at college most of the time. But this is a 55+ trailer park. The neighbors could stir trouble for me. Since the park management can claim all sorts of violations, I would need a team of lawyers full time to keep me in the park. So, thanks, neighbors. I don't mind cutting your lawns ocassionally.”

“My house is the third house from the end of the block and I get out there and bust off the weedeater and clean out the ditch in the front yard and don`t stop when I reach the end of my yard. I just keep to the ditch and go on about my business like I`m being paid to do `er and I about got across the next yard and done when I hear something and look up and it`s my neighbor and his weedeater and he`s right in there beside me and we finish up and exchange a glance as we come to the end of his place and we smile and keep right on working. We can`t hear thunder pop if it did and all of a sudden someone reaches out and taps me on my shoulder and I look up just as a glass of ice tea is handed to me with a smile. The lady that owns the place has gotten off work and drives up and sees us working on her driveway and she wants to thank us in some small way. Her husband`s father has been bad off with heart problems and her husband hasn`t had a chance to do any yard work in weeks for taking care of him and working. We tell her we`re glad to help out and thought we`d have it done before she even got home to know about it. We go on back to what we were doing and look up to see yet another neighbor of our`s mowing her lawn and while we`re getting more gas for our weedeaters another neighborhood kid comes up and asks us if we got a push-mower he can borrow, turns out he wants to mow her backyard. We haul out a mower and hand it across the fence to him and go back to what we were doing.

Gota love small towns:)

The thought to ask `em if they needed help never crossed any of our minds, we could see they did.”

“I wish I had neigbours like you guys/gals and Mr. Costello.

I'm happy as long as the neigbours don't complaint to the city when my grass is 10" long.”

“It's time to expose the Lawn Care Industry and it's fascist storm troopers like Costello!”

“we moved into our new place in the rural country from a 14x70 mobile home in a park downtown.
i went from 10min mow w/the push to 3acres. this quickly snuffed the life from our new/used rider.
the neighbor guy comes over when just my wife is home and mows all 3+acres (stuff got 10"high AND had chiggers)sprays the fence and weed eats.
i came home and blew a gasket! i was infuriated! how dare you come over and do "my responsibilities"
i'm not sure why now.
maybe i felt threatend? he was a big good lookin chap. haha
asking first good sounds like a good idea.
don't get me wrong i went over and offered him $$ and thanked him. but entering another persons yard/space can be thought of as kinda personal.
in the good 'ol days of community living i've seen lots of people call the authorities about others in thier yards.
he!!, in AZ i've seen the police issue fat tickets to people watering thier lanwns at the wrong time.
recently i've read of some who have the "all natural organic" yard. several premeditated plant species are strategically placed and allowed to grow unmolested. it is VERY NICE if done right. but for every example of this arrangment there is a "association" of one type or another opposing it. big subdivision gossip i'm sure.




some people are just mental over thier yards.
anyone can come over here and mow thier hearts out.
have a day”

“This incident was preceded by an altercation much like this, I suppose...


Turn it down!
Turn it down!
I have children
sleeping here!
Don't you boys know
any nice songs?
I'm calling the police!
I did it!
They'll be here...
shortly!
I'm not joking around
anymore!
You'll see now!
There they are...
they're coming!
Listen to that mess,
would you!
Every day this goes on
around here!
He used to
cut my grass...
He was a
very nice boy...
He used to
cut my grass...
He was a
very nice boy...
He used to
cut my grass...
He was a
very nice boy...
He used to
cut my grass...
He was a
very nice boy...

FZ”

“If my neighbor so much as touches my lawn, there will be Hell to pay!”

“why, that bastard. it seems like it would either take someone really nice, or someone really anal to do that...

and i'm glad to see Dunadan's insulting himself, so i don't have to do it for him!
;-P”

“Jeez, what a great neighbor. I wonder whether he'd be interested in getting rid of a squirrel.”

“I mention the fascist lawn care conspiracy and people pretent not to notice. Wake up and fight the Big Lawn Care Conspiracy!

A Brief History of BiLCC

The secret, conspiratorial cartel of the Big Lawn Care Companies - BiLCC - has a long and seedy history. It was organized in 1772 by a powerful, wealthy French pervert named the Marquis de Sod (often misspelled as the Marquis de Sade). His wealth stemmed from his monopolistic control of lawn care services for French Royalty. The Marquis would later be sent for a short while to the Bastille for his crimes against nature, including the malicious use of chemicals on gophers in his insatiable quest for "the perfect lawn."
Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the Marquis's BiLCC cartel spread across Europe and became powerful enough to root out the French royalty, who had begun thinking about running their own lawn care service. The bloody French Revolution was not so much about liberty as it was about greed and power.

Today BiLCC consists of massive multinational corporations that provide the chemicals, the machinery and equipment, and the financial services needed to establish and maintain the lawns that abound wherever wealth and power can be found. The secret leader of BiLCC for many years has been - you guessed it - Sod-dam Hussein. The OPEC oil cartel is just one of the many octopus-like limbs of BiLCC. And international terrorism is one of their tools. It all makes sense once you dig deep enough.”

“So-called "experts" continue to blame Oswald and Cuba and Lyndon Johnson and other minor powers for the death of JFK, while moaning about the many unknowns. Yet over and over they gloss over the one critical link exposed on actual film that conclusively solves the mystery: THE GRASSY KNOLL! The vital clue - of course! Those now sensitized to the evil designs and endless thirst for power of the Big Lawn Care Companies (BiLCC) will immediately recognize the connection between the JFK murder, the grassy knoll, and BiLCC. Not only was the grassy knoll the location of the real hit man, a BiLCC operative, but the grassy knoll obviously appears too green, too weed-free, to have been a natural lawn. It was clearly inundated with pesticides and other chemicals from the BiLCC gang, who wanted the Vietnam War to stimulate demand for their toxic chemicals in Asia. Worse yet, the grassy knoll may even have been AstroTurf - raising the whole specter of alien forces collaborating with BiLCC. Extraterrestrials, JFK, the grassy knoll, Asia, chemicals, and the White House Lawn - see how it all fits? Our chief statistician estimates the odds of all that just being a coincidence are less than 1 in 276 billion!! I realize that my life is in danger too, but with the courage that comes from truth alone, I will stand tall on our turf. Yes, we can overthrow BiLCC and their alien collaborators (illegal aliens, at that) and perhaps even find where they're hiding the real JFK and Elvis - if only we can receive your support before BiLCC shuts me down. Before they try to kill me, too, won't you please offer me your support?”

“I have what I believe to be the best solution, I don't have neighbors at least none within 500 feet of the house (unless you count horses). I love my neighbors and they love me because I occasionally bring them a nice carrot. I do have one "neighbor" who occasionally mentions it when I shoot my M1 Garand too many times in an afternoon, The fun way to remove unwanted trees.”

“Osoda bin Sodden!
Sodi Imin
Muamar Qasodi”

“Have I ever mentioned how crazy it makes me that people spray chemicals all over their lawns? I'd rather have a neighbor who doesn't mow than one who invites True Green Chemlawn over every month to hose yucky gunk all over the yard. D@mn fertilizers.

Birch used to mow our little ol' lady next door's yard but she wouldn't allow him to do it for n/c. She got herself a yard service after he mowed for the second time and would only take a pop for payment.”

“Geez, and I have to have He!! freeze over before HPM will mow our lawn. It's a tiny yard, but a big challenge apparently.”

“someday i'll own a home, with a yard.”

“Can you blame him? Give him a break. He did do that fruitless search of the trash bins. He should be able to roll on that for a few more weeks!”

“Careful what you wish for, Although I love my yard it does take 4 hours to mow the 6 acres of grass.”

“You women do not seem to know what it takes to mow a lawn right. I mean, you just go out there, start up the mower, and go over the lawn.

We men know all the technological challenges that are out there waiting to trip us up. First you have to get a beer. Then you have to measure the blades of grass to get the mean height of the lawn. Then you get another beer. Then you reset the mower blade to the proper height. By that time, it's time for another beer. Then you have to put gas and oil into the mower, clean the spark plug, and get another beer. The starter rope looks a little worn, so you have to run out to the hardware store to get a new one. When you get back, another beer. You install the new rope and get another beer before oiling the wheels. You get another beer, and by that time it's dark out and you're feeling drunk. And you remember what the little darling said about mowing the lawn in the dark when you're drunk. So you get another beer and say the he11 with it!”

“Nope, he mows the yard maybe twice a year. The CITY comes and does it for us if we don't. Needless to say they don't do a good job and it looks worse than before with big gouges out of the sand where the mowers turn.”

“i've got plenty of experience mowin' lawn. my family had 4 acres mowed growin' up. thank god for john deere! i mowed the lawns of the little old ladies when i was younger. i like to mow, fresh cut grass, the way the sparrows fly around when you're mowing to eat all the bugs. good ol' days. i've got my future yard all planned out.”

“Just remember to replace the affidavits.”

“I now have lawn service. It gets cut each week or two. Cost: $5 per cutting. Includes trimming and blowing the grass off the walks.”

“hmmm...sounds like you need to take him for a "swim," Scorpio-style, treebait!
mooooooaahaahaahaaaaa!! ;-)”

“Nah, not my husband. It's maybe 600 s.f. that needs mowing.”

“I haven't mowed my lawn in years.”

“who needs to mow when you have a big ol tank of round-up..*sniff*..when i worked forestry, my uncle made me spray all the pot plants we came up on


another fun thing to do is take rye grass seed over to your neighbors or cross town rival football teams feild and write something fun with the seed...in 2-3 weeks you should be able to see your handy work clearly!!!”

“Wow!

treebait sounds like a pregnant woman in August!”

“Ha ha ha violin. It's not me complaining, it's the city.”

“August in Florida!”

“opie, that's great!! going to try that.

course some of us would prefer to just cover the yard in concrete and paint it green.

or move so far west that there is no such thing as grass, and the worst thing that can happen is that someone runs over and rakes over it.”

“Mowing over property line leads to arrest

By Gary Craig
Staff writer www.democratandchronicle.com

(May 17, 2004) — Most people would welcome a neighbor mowing their property.

In Ontario County, it got Rosemarie Cherry arrested.

Grass grand larceny?

Illegal lawn laundering?

Nope. Cherry was charged with trespassing after she and her mower went where sheriff’s deputies allege she shouldn’t have.

As a news release from the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office succinctly stated about Cherry: “Subject arrested after she went over onto an adjacent neighbor’s property and mowed several feet.”

According to her husband, Dale Cherry, an ongoing dispute with the adjacent property owner is at the core of the criminal charges.

Dale Cherry was, in fact, charged with harassment last week after an incident that he said is also an offspring of the dispute.

His wife, he said, was not arrested while mowing. Instead, the charges were levied after she’d completed the deed. She was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear later in Bristol Town Court.

Dale Cherry said his wife has mowed the same strip of land for years. The couple lives at 6970 Tilton Road in the town of Bristol.

Joe Green, who owns the adjacent property, would not comment. Dale Cherry said both sides in the quarrel have enlisted lawyers and it may end up in a civil lawsuit.”

“Isn't there an island where we can send all of these people?”

“Oh my gosh, from my old home town paper. Bristol is actually a fair distance SSE of Rochester.”

“Too funny!”

“I think it's a good thing when women mow their lawn.”

“She must be unpatriotic.”

“My wife mows our lawn.”

““Subject arrested after she went over onto an adjacent neighbor’s property and mowed several feet.”


Maybe they were still attached to people?”

“If someone mows my grass for me, I promise I won't sue!”