HOMELESS 2 Mths 22 Days While Strangers Lived Rent Free F

My story sounds almost too bizarre to be true. Sorry for length... I'm a published writer, though not yet an author. Please forgive grammatical mistakes...nerves not completely cooperating these days.

I'm 59 years old, divorced and no children except for my red headed step child, my 4 yr old red nosed pit bull, Isabella or Izzy. My situation is an emergency need for a few reasons that I hope you will take the time to consider.

I unfortunately have been a hermit for a few years related to loss and grief and PTSD. Being alone can work in the short run, but overall I now realize I have to try again to connect with people. That doesn't happen overnight of course. I'm not on disability though I have to consider this now, and of course that takes an uncertain amount of time as well. I am...very frugal...and resourceful and creative and always have been. This situation has tested my abilities to the max, however. And I find it very hard to even ask for help in this way.

My name is Sandra Webber and my home is at 1931 Macomber Avenue Clearwater 33755. I have worked hard all my life, took care of my mother mostly on my own for 19 years, never in trouble, trying to leave the world a little better than I found it. 

About 3 months ago

I reluctantly rented to two men. Chronic health issues presented the need for stay at home income. I am not in the rental business per se, just rented a room in my house and to a man with an RV. l did background checks but of course that can't predict what could happen...

Things went ok for awhile, but then I confronted the two men with piling up trash causing a rat and endangering my dog. Izzy will stop at nothing to protect us from danger, a rat! She could have broken her leg or worse. As I've learned more about narcissistic personality disorder I know that when even a normal request is made, they will often read things as "game on" and they did. I should have started the formal eviction process at this point but I tried to do it myself and I failed miserably. It's complicated and I needed time and guidance to learn now. I had neither. 

That's when one of the renters began making monstrously false accusations (that I was homicidal and suicidal and had stolen from him and attacked him) to Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputies. I have the 911 calls from public records and the calls are chilling. When I tried to speak with deputies I got overwhelmed and nervous and the deputies would not let me finish my sentences without interrupting me. I felt ganged up on by the two renters and some of the deputies. Finally I stopped talking all together to the deputies because I felt I did not have even one on my side willing to listen to the whole story. Nobody had time or compassion for me.

So on a Sunday evening, I was in my bedroom with my dog with the door locked. I heard a knock at my door and the one man pretended to want to give me a refrigerator I had asked for before from his room. I opened the door and Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Deputy Christie arrested me, ostensibly for stalking.

 I had written many texts to the two men trying to negotiate either their better behavior or persuading them to leave. I never threatened. They refused to answer the texts and they never asked me to stop sending my requests. They showed video clips shown to incriminate me but with a close look the deputies should have realized the dates were incongruent with the story and accusations that were making. In other words I did nothing wrong. I'm a landlord and I'm allowed necessary entrance into the room that was rented. That was their big complaint. As a landlord I have rights to my property and I never abused those rights. The one man changed the locks twice on the room without my permission or notice. He stacked up cardboard boxes against the door creating a fire hazard. Deputies ignored my cries for help.

Both men smoke spice, an illegal substance that smells like potpourri. I did not realize this until later. It can cause drug induced paranoia and psychosis. One squatter actually smeared peanut butter all over my living room on a night when Izzy and I had gone to a hotel room because we were so scared.

I was released from jail on my own recognizance because I had zero criminal record after 59 years on this planet. But Judge Grissinger soon inform ed me that the state of Florida attaches a no contact order to all stalking charges regardless of the situation. I almost fainted. I was being thrown out of my own home. 

My family is in heaven and I had been out of touch with long time good friends. Some have helped me by donating.

 Currently I am paying $60 per night for an Airbnb which is a bargain in Pinellas County for me and my dog to be in a safe place until this resolves somehow. I thank God for this place and that the owner was willing to give me a cash discount.

I was just beginning to regain my health after some issues and build my credit again when this happened.

I have a public defender for the stalking charges, one from each renter, and I was finally able to get the formal eviction process started against one of the renters. I had tried to do the eviction myself but I was ignorant of the laws as they are quite complicated and the possibility for error is great. I messed up.

These are the highlights of the story. believe it or not it gets even worse. I never wanted to start a GoFundMe. 

I must now wait...and rely on an over burdened court system to either not bring the charge of stalking (based on false and non existent evidence)or if they do file I must work with my public defender to get the case dismissed or nolle prossed. That can take....from days to weeks....The eviction itself can take 30 days or more. 

 Under threat of arrest I am being forced to provide electricity water and sewage to the second renter who knowingly parked his camper just next to my property on a vacant lot that does not belong to me and hooked his camper to my water electricity and power, in the beginning with payment but then payment stopped. 

This man had a gun in the presence of his children and neighborhood children and through public records I discovered he has had injunctions taking away his guns. Especially for this reason and for smoking spice and the fact that neither one is paying and I don't want their money. I want them both gone and my house returned to me and my dog.

I have assets, my house, my car, a fully furnished house. I am just not liquid and because of the conditions being forced out of my own house and living in temporary airbnbs it's very hard to sell any of these assets at this point. I can't make money because I work from home selling merchandise online. And I work online gigs when I can find them. I'm also extremely frugal and resourceful. I am artsy and creative and love my home yard and neighborhood. I've managed to stay in my home for 14 years and improve the neighborhood. I believe most of my neighbors respect me. I am a published writer, though not an author yet. I also enjoy photography and would gladly take photos for anyone who can help me or write for anyone who can help me when this is over. I'm only asking for enough money to try and get me through this and back into my home. 

You see everything has snowballed and I feel like I'm in a maze. I was even Baker acted admitted to the local mental hospital against my will based almost solely on false accusations by these two criminal squatters. *I later discovered the Licensed Mental Health Counselor wrote, "She thinks she has a GPS implanted on her body" to say I was "delusional". First, I didn't know this woman could read my mind to see my "thoughts". Second, I never thought this. I never spoke this. I never texted or emailed this. I did, however, in a text trying to explain my current situation, that I had a GPS monitor wrapped around my ankle, because I did. And that day I was waiting to get a call from the folks in charge of the monitor to "release me" so that I could take my dog Izzy to get her nails clipped and take care of other errands. That this state licensed worker would just make this up to justify my being taken against my will and with no substantiation of any kind that I was a risk to myself or others, is chilling. I have a pending complaint to the Florida Department of Health. Fortunately nothing like that had ever happened to me before and my mental health is quite good considering the circumstances. But again also because of my fear I was afraid to talk with a mental health workers because they were flanked by about a dozen deputies in swat uniforms outside my hotel room. I have all of this documented as well in video and messages and photos. Will be happy to share that with anyone who needs confirmation of my story.

I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has to the best of my ability. Any amount of money to contribute to staying in the Airbnb I have gratefully found will be appreciated forever. I suppose posting a photo of my dog is a play for sympathy and I don't even feel comfortable doing that but it's the truth folks it's the really ugly inconvenient Truth.

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