A woman in Florida was thrown into prison after the grass had left brown in front of her house in hot weather and violated Hoa guidelines.
Irena Green was arrested and spent a week in prison after a fight with the home owners' association in Hillsborough County about Browning Grass in front of her house.
“I think you have far too much power,” Green told ABC News. “I've never heard of something like that in my life.”
Green said her grass was often not green because a large tree is planted near her sidewalk, as well as mandatory irrigation restrictions that were set up last year after a drought.
However, she claimed that her lawn in the Subdivision RiverView Creek View did not look the worst.
“If you drive through in my neighborhood, you will see that there are no many meters,” she added.
The Trowbridge Company Inc., the HOA administration company, notified it about the violations that included a number of problems, including her browning lawn and a dirty mailbox, said Green.
'The grass had started to become brown. So they started sending notes and it went from the grass that was brown to a dent in my garage. '
Irena Green was arrested and spent a week in prison after a fight with the home owners' association in Hillsborough County about Browning Gras in front of her house
Green said
On May 23rd, when she drove home with her daughter
Green was also communicated about violations, including the possession of a commercial freight car that is not the only one in her neighborhood, ABC reported.
However, when she did not comply with the guidelines and responded to a mediation request, the HOA filed a lawsuit against her in which she claimed that it had violated the rules for the appearance of the community.
But when she tried to represent herself in court, the judge announced her last July that she had about a month to remedy the violations.
“My grass had to be on par. He said you can get seeds, you can do something, but you have 30 days to correct it. So I said well. He said that when it was not finished in 30 days, you will go to prison,” said Green to The Outlet.
Green said she did what she could to keep her, even sell her van and clean her mailbox.
She bought seeds and diluted her grass, but missed her next court date and claimed that she was not notified to appear at the hearing in August last August.
“I should get documentation. Nothing was sent to my home,” said Green.
“And I turned to the courthouse several times to find out when my date of court was.”
The Trowbridge Company Inc., the HOA administration company, notified it about the violations, which included a number of problems
Green said she did what she could to keep her, even sell her van and clean her mailbox. She bought Saat
However, the judge ordered that she was in the contempt of the court and that an arrest warrant was issued for her arrest.
On May 23, when she drove home with her daughter, she was stopped and asked to step out of her vehicle.
“He asked me if I could get out. When I got out, he said: “Ms. Green, did you know that you have an arrest warrant for your arrest?” Said Green.
According to ABC News, she was arrested and booked into the Orient Road prison.
Nevertheless, it was taken into custody without bond.
“So I couldn't even go home to my family. I was there for seven days. Seven days in the prison house like a criminal,” she added.
Green described the process of being booked to prison as “terrible”.
“I am working hard to buy this house for myself and my children in a better neighborhood and the surrounding area and to be treated for brown grass in my own home … that's terrible,” she said.
“Their failure to adhere to the instruction of the court led to the arrest warrant. These steps were taken by the Court of Justice because Ms. Green did not meet the instructions of the court,” said the HOA Board of Directors in a statement
She even described that she was captured in prison with other inmates who asked why she was kept in custody.
“A girl, she somehow came over and asked me like” Hey, what are you here for? “And I told her it was like my grass,” said Green.
“And she is like” Oh grass, they should make the stuff legal “. She believes that I talk about weeds and talk about my front garden grass. '
Green's sister, a right
“I went to court and had to be tied up from my hands,” said Green, when she remembered, to be the only person in front of the district's civil court who wore a prison uniform.
In court, the HOA lawyer even rejected her release. And it is like not of these pictures I see. She is like “No. I want it to be published immediately.”
“He wanted me to continue to sit in prison and not to come home to my family,” she added.
In a statement on the outlet, the HOA board of directors of Creek View said: 'Ms. Green received information on violations. She ignored her. The association was submitted by the association after it had not accepted the offer to impart the matter, as required before submitting a lawsuit … '
Green described the process of being booked to prison and being treated as “terrible” as a criminal.
»After the lawsuit was filed against them and a final judgment was issued against them, Ms. Green appeared on July 11, 2024. At the hearing on July 11, when Ms. Green was present, the judge was determined on August 19, 2024.
It was instructed to meet the requirements of the final judgment until August 19 and to report to the judge, which was achieved on August 19. Ms. Green did not appear in court on August 19.
“Your failure to stick to the instruction of the court led to the arrest warrant was issued. These steps were taken by the Court of Justice because Ms. Green could not comply with the instructions of the court.”
While Green was released the next day after her hearing, she said: “I definitely wish I had hired a lawyer.”