CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — The call on July 24 was logged as threats and harassment. What the caller wanted was simpler. She wanted a three-day eviction notice on a door without anyone getting hurt.
Officer Hollaway responded about 6:59 p.m. to 151 East Franklin Street. The complaint said her tenant had threatened her if she tried to put him out.
In a follow-up the next night, she laid out a year of trouble. She told Hollaway she planned to raise the rent because her hours had been cut. She said the tenant had not paid consistently and that she wanted him gone. According to the report, he answered that threat with one of his own: he would hurt her son, her son’s cat, and her.
Hollaway asked whether she believed he would actually harm her.
She said she was not afraid for herself. She was afraid for her son. She told the officer the tenant had said he would not punch an ugly bitch like her.
That sentence is why the case stopped short of a menacing charge.
Hollaway wrote that because she did not feel in fear of harm to herself, he did not have enough for menacing. If her son felt threatened, the officer said, the son would have to bring that complaint himself.
What she wanted that night was permission to do the civil part. She wanted to post the notice that he had three days to leave. Hollaway told her to post it and to call 911 if anything started. She agreed.
The report lists telecommunications harassment. No charges were filed. Hollaway closed it the next day with a single line: not enough for menacing.
The file does not say whether the notice went up, whether the tenant left, or whether anyone called back.
