Rincon Beat
Oct. 31, 2:31 p.m.
A tenant in an east-side apartment complex was cussed at and threatened by an elderly woman—possibly a neighbor—who bragged of having a squad of “hoodlums” at her beck and call, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report.
The victim spoke to sheriff’s deputies in person about the issues he’d been having with the older woman, whom he’d run into several times at his gated apartment complex. The first time, he said, she was on the other side of the entrance gate, and when he wouldn’t let her in—presuming she didn’t live there—she started yelling swear words at him and calling him a “stupid motherfucker” while he calmly tried to de-escalate the situation (eventually having to walk away).
He said another time, he’d spotted her from a distance—but inside the complex—and as soon as she saw him, she started screaming again and quickly approached him. When she was close enough to talk to him, he made out one sentence: “Maybe I’ll have my hoodlums come kick your ass!” The victim then told the complex’s management about the woman.
As it turned out, this older lady was the mother of one of the complex’s tenants whom the management had been thinking about evicting due to her mother’s behavior. Since the cops were on scene to help, a manager was finally able to serve the daughter with eviction papers.
The self-identified “hoodlum” leader couldn’t be found for interview.
This article appears in Nov 17-23, 2016.
So being old and angry is now an offense?
Don’t look now, but when you get old most people get angry for any number of reasons, most of which are about getting old. That’s why they have retirement communities and senior homes, not because it will make them happy, but because they can take out their angry on each other and the soon-to-be old too can pretend that getting old will not happen to them also.
Forget the stereotype of the failure-to-launch middle-age person setting in their parents’ basement trolling on the internet, perhaps some of them are tech-savvy seniors taking out their frustrations in a way that doesnt get them kicked out in the street.
Did you miss the part where she threatened someone else with physical violence? That remains illegal whether you are old, young, angry or happy. If you are looking for a cause, you should look elsewhere.
No other victims are mentioned in the article other than the initial complainant. As for her threats being illegal, there is the issue of establishing criminal intent and then her taking some action to further or carry out those threats. The article mentions neither.