My In-laws Called Me Paranoid Until My Sil Almost Let My Baby Fall Out Of A Second-story Window. Now They’re Threatening To Sue Me For Cutting Her Off. What Do I Do?
Police Involvement
Keith stepped in front of our door and told her one more time to go or he’d call the police. Bridget laughed like he was joking and said he wouldn’t actually do that to his own sister. I rolled up the car window completely and pulled out my phone. My hands shook as I dialed 911 and told the operator that someone was refusing to leave our property after being asked multiple times.
The operator asked if I felt threatened, and I looked at Bridget standing there with her arms crossed blocking our path to our own front door. I said yes. Keith stood with his back against the door while Bridget kept talking at him, saying I was controlling him and turning him against everyone who loved him. She said she’d never hurt Lily and that we were being cruel and heartless.
The operator stayed on the line with me and said an officer was on the way. Bridget saw me on the phone through the car window and her expression changed. She walked toward the car and knocked on the glass asking what I was doing. I didn’t answer, and she knocked harder.
“I better not be calling the police over this.”
Keith came down from the porch and got between Bridget and the car. He told her she needed to leave immediately before the police arrived. She said she wasn’t scared of the police and that they’d see how crazy we were being.
A police car pulled into our driveway about 8 minutes after my call. The officer got out and looked at all of us, then walked over to Keith and asked what was going on. Keith explained that his sister had been asked to leave multiple times and refused. Bridget interrupted and said she just wanted to see her niece and that we were keeping her away for no reason.
The officer asked for everyone’s names and wrote them down in a small notebook. He asked Keith if Bridget lived here, and Keith said no. The officer asked Bridget if she’d been asked to leave, and she said yes but that it wasn’t fair.
The officer looked at his notebook again and said something into his radio. He walked back to his car for a minute and then came back to where we were standing. He told Keith that this was the same address from yesterday’s 911 call about a baby’s fall. Keith nodded and said, “Yes that was correct.”
The officer asked if Bridget was involved in that incident, and Keith said she was the one who caused it. Bridget started talking fast, saying it was an accident and that she’d never deliberately hurt Lily. The officer held up his hand and told her to stop talking. He asked Keith to explain what happened yesterday.
Keith told him about finding Lily on the floor after Bridget had taken her out of the crib and put her on the window seat next to an open window two stories up. The officer’s expression got very serious. He asked if the hospital had been involved, and Keith said yes, that we’d spent the night there for observation.
The officer wrote more notes and asked Bridget if that was accurate. She said it was an accident and that the window thing was being blown out of proportion. The officer told Bridget that she was being given a formal trespass warning, which meant she was not allowed on this property anymore. He said if she came back she could be arrested.
Bridget’s face got red and she said this was ridiculous. The officer asked if she understood the warning and she said yes but that it wasn’t right. He told her she needed to leave now, and she finally walked to her car. She got in and sat there for a minute before driving away. The officer gave Keith a copy of the report with a case number and said to call immediately if she came back.
