White Couple Who Called Police on 12-Year-Old Mowing Lawn Called Them Again Because They Felt ‘Threatened’

This appears to be harassment at this point, and it's scary. By this couple constantly calling the police, they could turn this into another Tamir Rice situation. What if their next call is a bit more serious and this little boy ends up shot by police? Something needs to be done, and I hope this boy parents are looking into some type of legal action. Now the Maple Heights Police Lt. Joe Mocsiran said that his hands are tied as it regards the Krakoras, as long as the family is using the non-emergency line.

“There’s only a law for abuse of 911 and that’s if there’s no law actually broken,” Mocsiran said. “If there’s no laws being broken [by the Krakoras], there’s nothing we can do.”

On the 4th of July the Krakora household called the police once again on Reggie and his friends, the children who live next door, for allegedly wetting their house while playing water games on the lawn (using a makeshift Slip ’N Slide, according to Mic.com.)

Mic reports that the Krakoras have called police over 60 times in the last 18 years.

“We have always been told by the police that if we feel threatened, ‘Don’t confront these people, just call us,’” Linda Krakora said, according to Mic. “We’re a slightly older couple. We have a white couple in their eighties next to us. If we feel it’s going to be more of an issue to go over trying to talk to somebody, for our safety, we just call the police.”

Lucille Holt-Colden, the woman who hired Reggie to mow her lawn and mother of his playmates, lives next door to the Krakoras. On July 4, she uploaded a video to Facebook, clearly irritated at the harassment. Holt-Colden said that this time, the police sent two cars after receiving a call from the Krakoras, and said that if she has to “resort to social media to get some help, that’s what I’m gonna do.”

Apparently, the Krakoras’ ongoing dispute with Holt-Colden began after she and her children moved in next door in October.

The couple say they’ve been getting backlash from the original story, but insist they’re not racist.

“We’ve seen this community change,” Linda Krakora said. “If we were racists, we would have moved out of Maple Heights a long time ago, but we didn’t. We stayed.”

Reggie Fields’ mother, Brandy Marie Fields, who is familiar with the Tamir Rice story—where another 12-year-old from Ohio (Cleveland) was killed after police were called on him—says the Krakoras are to blame for the public backlash.

“You asked for the wrong attention when you didn’t handle the situation correctly,” she said.

Unfortunately, Mic reports that Lucille Holt-Colden, who has lupus, is now thinking of moving.

“What about my kids? Who’s going to stand up for my kids? People say don’t move,” she said. “Your kids ain’t the one feeling like they can’t do nothing at their own house.”

It's obvious this neighbor has an issue. Despite all of that going on little Reggie continues to live his best life. To read about him being honored at a local church click here.