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When someone makes threats against you, it is important to take it seriously and take action to protect yourself.

What would you do if your neighbor posted on Facebook that she was going to break into your apartment and destroy your stuff?

That is what happened to the family in this story, so they had their lawyer send a threatening letter that came with some real consequences. Now they can sleep well at night knowing that they are safe.

Sometimes all’s it takes is a simple threat. Read through the full story below and see what you think of the situation.

Neighbor threatens to destroy my property. My lawyer is now serving a notice.

About a month ago, one of my friends came over to hang out.

This is a serious threat.

We were having a good time, but he looked nervous to the point that it was killing me. I had to ask what was bothering him, and that was where my life got turned around.

He showed me a Facebook post from my upstairs neighbor (we live in an apartment) that stated that she was going to break into my apartment and break all our electronics because we’re “too loud”.

Hey, at least the walls are thick.

One of the major complaints I have about this apartment complex is that the walls between apartments on the same level are like steel.

My neighbors can be throwing a party and I would have no idea. However, the ceiling is paper thin and you can hear conversations verbatim.

Hearing your neighbors is annoying, but that is part of living in an apartment.

I’ve lived in dorm rooms that have the same type of material surrounding the room: ceiling, floor, and walls.

I’m used to it. However, my neighbors have way too high of expectations living in an apartment complex. When we first moved in, they constantly commented on hearing our conversations and how they know what TV shows we watched.

They are stuck in this apartment for a while.

At first, it was kind of laughable, but the comments turned into complaints. My husband told the male neighbor (his friend) that there’s nothing he can do about it at all, except move out.

This is out of the equation since we are waiting for our house to be built (new construction) and we refuse to break a lease to move to another apartment for a few months only to move into our house.

The neighbors do seem unhinged.

Up until last month, we haven’t heard too much. The Facebook post was absolutely shocking and I was mad. If this woman publicly threatened my property, what else would she be capable of doing?

I confronted the situation and told her to take down the post. She said some nasty things to me, and I told her that my request was simple: you should not go to social media to deal with your issues and you need to direct your concern to the person directly involved.

A lawyer can be very helpful in these situations.

Anyway, my husband’s aunt is a lawyer. She provides us help with legal situations if necessary, and has been a big help for some of our other relatives.

Over Christmas break, I was talking to her about the situation and explained how I didn’t feel safe. This woman has a history of drug abuse and violence that I don’t trust.

Wow, that is a serious charge.

In addition, I’m currently 7 weeks pregnant and want to protect myself and the baby.

My lawyer then pointed out that because of my profession as a public official, this threat and any future aggression toward me is a class 3 felony in my state that would result in 2-5 years in prison if convicted.

The neighbor seems to be taking this seriously.

I was absolutely shocked that I would qualify under that law’s specific protection, and my lawyer suggested that she would write a letter detailing possible legal action if this woman decides to do anything against me.

The letter was delivered today. I heard a lot of “holy crap” from upstairs, and I’m guessing that she called her husband to complain about me.

This is one less thing that she will need to worry about.

I’m sitting downstairs dealing with my life. After all, I’m battling morning sickness 4-5 times a day and will be responsible for a life soon.

Sometimes a simple letter from a lawyer can give you all the protection that you need.

Read through what the commenters on this story had to say below.

It seems unlikely that the threat was real.

Here is an interesting comment.

It doesn’t seem like they actually had the extra political protection.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about neighbors who complain about dandelions only to find themselves on the other end of a creative response.

Here is someone who wants to know the fallout of this.

This person went through something similar.

It might have been an empty threat, but it sure seems to have worked.

Hopefully, they will be able to keep the peace until they are able to move to their new home.