Violent 'neighbor from hell' terrorizing tenants of West Hollywood apartments

Residents of a West Hollywood apartment building are living in fear of a man they call “their neighbor from hell.”  

The neighbor in question has lived quietly at the building located in the 1200 block of North Fairfax Avenue for several years, but residents, all of whom did not want to show their faces for fear of retribution, say a few months ago something changed.  

“It was like a light switch,” one resident told KTLA’s John Fenoglio. “He went from being okay, albeit not a great neighbor, but not like this, not destroying the apartment, attacking people, attacking our door out front with a bar. We’re just having to live with it for the last three months.”

A home security camera captured the man violently banging on a resident’s door with what appeared to be a crowbar. In yet another video, the same man, shirtless this time, bangs on another resident’s door at night.  

Many of the residents told KTLA that they are scared for their safety and have repeatedly called the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, reporting that the man has threatened to kill people.  

“The police keep telling us there’s literally nothing they can do,” another resident said. “They leave every time without taking action.”  

Neighbors told KTLA that the man is supposed to be out of the building in the next several days, as there is an eviction notice pending. They worry, however, that he won’t leave when the time comes.  

“This cannot be okay,” a resident said. “We’re living in fear and terror for three months now. It’s just unfortunate. I hope we can change some laws in the city because this is silly. This is crazy.“ 

KTLA reached out to the sheriff’s department’s West Hollywood Station who confirmed they are very familiar with the building and of the man’s pending eviction notice.  

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