INDIALANTIC, Fla. – A feud is brewing between a homeowner and her neighbors with some graphic complaints about her property and behavior.
Susan Brennan owns a lot next to the house without running water on Atlantic Avenue.
“She lives on the front stoop, defecates and urinates in a bucket, and spreads it all over the neighborhood,” Brennan told Indialantic Community Correspondent James Sparvero.
Tuesday, Sparvero drove to Sonja Kopriva’s house to ask if she’d like to respond to her neighbors’ complaints.
One of them shared video they said showed rats in Kopriva’s window.
“What’s the problem here, James? Because I don’t need you here,” Kopriva said.
The homeowner was seen sitting on her stoop with a man.
“These people are harassing us bad,” he told Sparvero.
Kopriva said she wishes her neighbors would leave her alone.
The sheriff’s office said it is, more or less, because Kopriva hasn’t been caught breaking any criminal laws.
“I have to come clean up feces so the neighbors don’t have to smell it,” Brennan said.
She bought the empty lot next door six years ago but said she hasn’t built a house yet because she doesn’t want to live next to Kopriva.“These people just moved out,” Brennan pointed across the street. “They couldn’t deal with it anymore. What we just don’t understand is how the authorities ignore us and let her live there.”
Sparvero also asked Brevard County about any possible code violations.
The county said it’s working to answer his request.
Kopriva said a deputy told her he’s going to bring a dumpster to her house to help get rid of the trash.
She said she thinks that will make neighbors a little happier.