A Santa Ana family is fed up with their so-called 'neighbor from hell' in Santa Ana. The neighbor was captured hurling threats at the family and vandalized their home.
"My biggest fear is that one day I'll get a call that my mom has been killed," says Stephanie Mendez.Since 2020, she says her mother, Zoyda Mendez, has been subjected to unprovoked physical attacks and relentless harassment from her neighbor, Nancy Varela. Stephanie recalls the day her mom was attacked by Varela. "My mom was bleeding in the face. Her tooth was loose," Zoyda Mendez said. "She had scratches all over her chest.
Stephanie expressed her family's frustration: "The most frustrating thing is the lack of accountability, the lack of true justice. My family has been dealing with this for almost five years now, and nothing has stopped my violent neighbor—not calls to the police, not restraining orders, not court hearings, not arrests, not jail time."Stephanie recently pleaded her case to the Santa Ana City Council, seeking urgent intervention for her mother.
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