Pennsylvania man criminally charged for "harrassing" government officials by lodging too many complaints against local cement plant for air and noise pollution.
WTAE- Pittsburg reports:
Marshall Pappert admits that he has been a pain to government officials from Bridgeville to Harrisburg.But Pappert says that if those officials had to live where he lives, they'd be complaining, too.While he expected to get a fight, or to be told off, or even ignored, Pappert says he never expected to get arrested.
Every week, he sends a handful of letters to government officials, complaining about a neighbor who lives across Union Street in Bridgeville.The neighbor is Silhol Builders Supply, a manufacturer of ready-mix concrete. Pappert and his neighbors say the noise, dust and heavy trucks have all become unbearable to live with."They start at 2 a.m., sometimes 3, and it just wakes us up and it annoys us," Union Street resident Francesca Reyes said."The number of trucks coming by per day has increased three times, four times," Union Street resident Ron Gibson said."It's so you can't even have the windows open because it's all that dust comes in the windows," Bridgeville resident Josephine Kawalkin said. "You look at the windowsills; they're all full of dust."These neighbors say they appointed Pappert, a master plumber who was disabled in an electrical accident, as their point man to complain to the borough and beyond."I sent videos and letters and just about everything I could to just about every government agency I could think of," Pappert said...
The breaking point came when Pappert left three voice mail messages at the office of borough Manager Lori Collins."I'm asking you as a Bridgeville resident of 56 years to resign and get off of your position. Do the right thing," Pappert said in one message to Collins.His messages accused the borough manager of going back on a promise to collect dust samples from homes and have them tested."You never did that. You said you were going to come over here with (Solicitor) Richard Ferris within a week. You told me that you were going to take a silicate sample, and that was it. And for four months, you left me wondering why you didn't," Pappert said.Bogats said Pappert's messages gave him cause for concern because of "his voice tone, his voice influx, the anger that was present in his voice."Bogats arrested Pappert on a charge of harassment, which is a criminal summary offense.
(Thanks to the Agitator)
WTAE- Pittsburg reports:
Marshall Pappert admits that he has been a pain to government officials from Bridgeville to Harrisburg.But Pappert says that if those officials had to live where he lives, they'd be complaining, too.While he expected to get a fight, or to be told off, or even ignored, Pappert says he never expected to get arrested.
Every week, he sends a handful of letters to government officials, complaining about a neighbor who lives across Union Street in Bridgeville.The neighbor is Silhol Builders Supply, a manufacturer of ready-mix concrete. Pappert and his neighbors say the noise, dust and heavy trucks have all become unbearable to live with."They start at 2 a.m., sometimes 3, and it just wakes us up and it annoys us," Union Street resident Francesca Reyes said."The number of trucks coming by per day has increased three times, four times," Union Street resident Ron Gibson said."It's so you can't even have the windows open because it's all that dust comes in the windows," Bridgeville resident Josephine Kawalkin said. "You look at the windowsills; they're all full of dust."These neighbors say they appointed Pappert, a master plumber who was disabled in an electrical accident, as their point man to complain to the borough and beyond."I sent videos and letters and just about everything I could to just about every government agency I could think of," Pappert said...
The breaking point came when Pappert left three voice mail messages at the office of borough Manager Lori Collins."I'm asking you as a Bridgeville resident of 56 years to resign and get off of your position. Do the right thing," Pappert said in one message to Collins.His messages accused the borough manager of going back on a promise to collect dust samples from homes and have them tested."You never did that. You said you were going to come over here with (Solicitor) Richard Ferris within a week. You told me that you were going to take a silicate sample, and that was it. And for four months, you left me wondering why you didn't," Pappert said.Bogats said Pappert's messages gave him cause for concern because of "his voice tone, his voice influx, the anger that was present in his voice."Bogats arrested Pappert on a charge of harassment, which is a criminal summary offense.
(Thanks to the Agitator)
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