Sounds like no fun, Joann. We have to wonder what this woman does when she isn't harassing people.

I have the "not again!" feeling too. A sexual offender was released from prison this spring (after serving 20 years), and moved in down the road. Then last night police cars and helicopters were engaged in a man hunt in my area--for someone else. Our once-peaceful little road.....

I'm glad you called the police. A little scary. You too
Alisande. Be careful but don't let it rule your life.

Please just be careful. These mental illness issues can be hard to judge, there's no way to understand the workings of a mind that is ill, much as we would like to.

It sounds like you have a good understanding of her, I'm sure you'll handle it well, but I do wish you weren't having to.

Can't they take her phone privileges away from her?

EmmaR, she's not in prison. I don't know what happened with the attempted murder case.

I'm going to do a bit of research. She might be on probation, in which case I'll call her probation officer.

Susan, that doesn't sound like fun, either.

I agree with the others - be careful! Hopefully, you have an alarm system in your home - it's folks that are mentally disabled that stalk someone and try to 'get them back' for what they perceive that person 'did' to them. Keep us posted!

Is there any way you can block her calls? When our children were teens, their friends would call at midnight or early morning - we were able to get an application that would say "This number is not accepting calls at this time". After a couple of weeks we took it off and had no more problems.

Can you change your phone and get it unlisted.

It's my business line and I've had it for 25 years, so I don't want to change it. Even if I did, she'd just get the new one, because it can't be unlisted.

I'll look into blocking the number, though. I hadn't thought of that. Thank goodness I'm not at the same office address as I was then. :)

I have a set of Panasonic cordless phones that have a Call Block feature. If you answer a call and it is someone you want to block (or if you recognize the number as someone you want to block) you push a button that will give them a busy signal when they call again. I have 25 numbers from telemarketers blocked on mine. The phones were not real expensive either. They are a set of two and you can get more if you need them., Not affiliated, just thought I would pass it along as an option.

I'm not a lawyer :), but I'd almost have to wonder if I wouldn't rather find the messages than not know they have been attempted by blocking them. Better an unpleasant message to report than to realize she was on her way, seeking me out and finding her on my doorstep to have to placate. ???

Difficult I'm sure. One wouldn't know if she would tire of not being able make contact and be distracted to go on elsewhere, or be frustrated enough to physically make contact. It could depend on her degree of illness.

Prsenting a busy signal to a caller is an interesting option though, my own phones don't have that feature.

Well, that's a good thought, too, Morz8.

I figured she'd tired of making contact when I didn't answer all those messages the last time, and it seems she did, but something started her up again.

I think I'm going to check the docket for her divorce case (it's public record), just to see if I see any reason why she's started up again.

if she's this bad with an attorney, bet her xhub is hidden far far away!