All -- We have two small dogs, fenced in a back yard here on North Negley. Most days, the dogs either wear citrus spray-collars to deter them from barking, or are not here at all. Last week, though, they were here while we had contractors working on our house for two days. The presence of strangers in the house freaked them out, so they barked despite the collars. The barking apparently annoyed one of our neighbors. But instead of coming over and talking to us, he chose to post this sign on our back fence: If anyone else has has received such a letter, please get in touch with me and local police because you are a victim of a crime. To the person who did this, please take note: I'm an Assistant United State Attorney here in Pittsburgh. As an employee of the United States Department of Justice, I'm required to report all threats to my family to my office, the F.B.I., and local authorities. Please be assured that your letter (which has your DNA all over it, since you inexplicably wrote it by hand) will be forwarded to the F.B.I. as well as local law enforcement. Also, please understand that we have cameras on various parts of our property. From here on out, cameras will be operating along our fences: so if you do throw "poisoned meat" or anything else over our fence, you'll be photographed doing so. It is unfortunate that things have come to this. If the aggrieved person had come over here and talked things over like a man, this all could have been avoided. Instead, he took the cowardly approach (right down to the attempt at misdirection at the bottom of the letter) of threatening to kill two small dogs. Sincerely, Donovan Cocas
