Cameras pointed at their backyard
A South Florida woman s neighbor has cameras pointed at her backyard Police tell her there s nothing she can do about it Or is there Let s bring in Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to find out It seems everyone has a camera They re great Most of of the time Yvonne Gonzalez We don t want to be watched when I go out there in the morning with my coffee Yvonne and Joshua s challenge started back in July when Yvonne went outside to watch TV on their porch Joshua Abreu I looked in my backyard I saw a pole sticking out with a ring camera right up in blue recording Yvonne that was sitting out there Yvonne had her back to the camera and didn t realize their neighbor had put up six cameras pointed at them Yvonne Gonzalez And these are cameras that I having Ring myself you can zoom in God knows how far away Cameras attached to the top of the house Two poking out of a chickee hut This one on a -foot pole they saw their neighbor put up Joshua Abreu As soon as we came out red lights started coming out rotating pointing directly at us The cameras don t move when Joshua or his son comes outside but if a woman procedures out the light comes on meaning someone is watching Joshua Abreu My fianc e her friends women in the backyard all the cameras go directly to the women Yvonne put up an umbrella to block certain of the cameras The neighbor brought out a ladder to see over it Yvonne Gonzalez And I looked over and it was him with his phone in his hand recording me and I disclosed What are you doing ' They snapped a picture of the man When he saw that he flipped them off Another day another neighbor caught him trying to film the family Joshua came out Yvonne Gonzalez I feel so violated My privacy I feel so freaked out I feel like I m consistently being watched Yvonne got a temporary restraining order to stop the man Allan Souza from coming near her But when she started sitting on the front porch he came there Joshua Abreu I went out and noted Hey what are you doing here And we recorded him and he walked away The neighbor won t talk to them Police reported her their hands were tied Yvonne Gonzalez I went to the State Attorney s Office who advised me the same thing Our hands are tied ' Joshua Abreu Right now we are talking and I can guarantee you he is looking at us right now Their backyard s on camera The blinds are drawn to block the cameras as they feel they live their life on camera Joshua Abreu Terrible terrible But can your neighbors point cameras into your backyard Howard Howard Finkelstein You cannot point cameras at your neighbor s bedroom or bathroom windows but you can point them at your neighbor s backyard However if you are doing it for the purpose of invading their privacy you can be sued to bring the cameras down and get money for the invasion of your privacy and standing on a ladder to look into their back yard is clearly invading their privacy The next step Yvonne saw her neighbor Allan Souza in court when she went there to make the temporary restraining order a permanent one Souza was not happy about it Allan Souza in court I m going to file a malicious prosecution The judge will rule on the permanent restraining order after a hearing in January Walking out of court Souza couldn t explain why he had the cameras pointed at Yvonne Allan Souza And I don t even know that person It s all her boyfriend Patrick Fraser I have seen pictures of you standing over their back fence Why are you doing that An hour later things changed Souza was arrested Not for the cameras but for violating the restraining order by standing in front of Yvonne s front yard The next day code enforcement communicated Souza that one camera was legal but others had to have permits If he didn t get the permits he had days to take them down Yvonne Gonzalez That Mr Souza explained him various of those cameras were fake just to aggravate us In the meantime Yvonne put up a big tent to block the camera as she feels better about her problems Yvonne Gonzalez Absolutely better absolutely better Just the presence of you in the courtroom with me he realizes I may not be alone And we will be following this one Yvonne to see if the cameraman stays away from you like the judge ordered Lights camera too much action for you Feeling fenced in Put us in the spotlight to focus on your difficulty With this Help Me Howard I m Patrick Fraser News CONTACT HELP ME HOWARD Email helpmehoward wsvn comReporter Patrick Fraser at pfraser wsvn comMiami-Dade - -WSVNBroward - -WSVN
