'Neighbor From Hell' Ends Up In Jail

[matcom]

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Don Bertone is not your usual problem neighbor, San Francisco authorities say.

For three years, Bertone, who once worked for the city Housing Authority and ran for the Board of Supervisors in 2000, has wreaked all sorts of havoc in an otherwise quiet community in the southeastern part of the city known as Little Hollywood, officials and his neighbors said Wednesday.

Bertone, 54, doesn't just play loud music, authorities say. At all hours of the day and night, he has blasted police radio broadcasts, shrill oscillating tones, Spanish dance tunes and other noise from speakers he installed on the outside of his home at 336 Lathrop Ave. Police said they could hear the racket from 100 yards away.

Bertone isn't just a nosy neighbor, they add.

Police said he hooked up floodlights and six cameras that swept the block. Inside his home, he could monitor his neighbors' movements on four video screens.

Bertone is not merely unpleasant, authorities say.

Officers who searched his home Tuesday allegedly found a high-powered assault rifle complete with a flash suppressor, two handguns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition as well as an undisclosed "explosive device.''

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/19/MNGK3GPM6J1.DTL

[Shine]

1. I was just reading about this guy in today's SF Chronicle.

he sounds like a total asshole and basket case...not to mention a terrible neighbor. Hellish, indeed.
:eyes:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. I drive past this guy's house...

on the way home from work everyday! It looks like a total shithole (which is how I noticed it in the first place), though I have not had the "pleasure" of experiencing his audio stylings during my trips. I cannot imagine having to live near that asshole -- there should have been someway to have taken care of this problem sooner than 3 years!

[eyepaddle]

3. Wow, he sounds like a real

asshole. And I think it's a good thing that nobody got hurt.