HOA Hellfire

Summary

Fear Thy Neighbor: Episode Summary - "HOA Hellfire"

In the gripping episode titled "HOA Hellfire" from the podcast Fear Thy Neighbor, host Heath Harris delves into a disturbing real-life tale of escalating neighborly conflict in the serene community of Pleasant Run Estates, Lancaster, Texas. This episode unravels how minor disagreements over home aesthetics and the revival of a Homeowners Association (HOA) spiraled into a living nightmare marked by harassment, legal battles, and ultimately, a tragic act of violence.

Introduction to Pleasant Run Estates

Heath Harris sets the stage by introducing Pleasant Run Estates, an affluent neighborhood nestled in Lancaster, Texas. Described as a community filled with "hardworking professionals and families who care for their communities" (03:28), the area initially appears idyllic, making the ensuing turmoil all the more jarring.

Meet the Families: The Tuckers and the Haggertys

The episode introduces two central families:

• Belinda and Anthony Tucker: Recent retirees who move into Pleasant Run Estates seeking a peaceful life. Belinda expresses satisfaction with their new home, stating, "To just be able to retire in our home was absolutely fabulous" (04:05).

• Ken and Sharita Haggerty: Long-standing residents of the community, Ken is a "master electrician" with a reputable business, and Sharita is actively involved in organizing charity events through their local church. Heath describes them as "pillars of the Community" (05:58).

The Spark: HOA Revival and Initial Animosity

Conflict ignites when Belinda decides to revive the dormant HOA to "raise community beauty standards" (10:02). This move is met with confusion and resistance, especially from the Haggertys, who were unaware of the HOA's reinstatement until they received official notices.

During a local ladies' walking group, Sharita Haggerty innocently introduces Belinda to the group. However, Belinda soon discovers that Sharita had been "badmouthing" her home, which Belinda realizes only after meeting Sharita across the street. This revelation marks the beginning of deep-seated animosity between the two families.

Escalation of Conflict

As the HOA begins enforcing strict regulations, minor infractions such as "three weeds in your flower bed" or "not cutting your grass" result in fines, intensifying tensions. Belinda takes a proactive stance by ensuring her husband Anthony is elected as the HOA president (11:07), further entrenching the divide.

The Haggertys, feeling unfairly targeted and believing the revived HOA to be a "sham", refuse to comply with the new regulations. Attempts at reconciliation fail, with both families engaging in retaliatory actions:

• Noise Complaints: Both sides file complaints against each other for activities like playing loud music or revving motorcycles.

• Parking Disputes: An incident where Ken's oversized electrical truck leads to verbal altercations escalates tensions (22:29).

• Vandalism and Harassment: Belinda's mayoral campaign signs and mailers are vandalized, and both families begin surveilling each other's properties.

The Violent Confrontation

The culmination of escalating fears and mistrust leads to a catastrophic confrontation on August 4, 2019. Heath narrates the fateful day:

• Confrontation: Ken Haggerty blocks Belinda's car from leaving the neighborhood, leading to a verbal altercation (39:24).

• Escalation to Violence: Belinda calls 911, suspecting Ken of threatening her and her family. Amid the chaos, both Ken and Anthony draw weapons, resulting in exchange of gunfire that injures Belinda (40:16).

• Police Intervention: Law enforcement arrives swiftly to contain the situation, leading to Ken's arrest for aggravated assault (41:49). Belinda sustains serious injuries, including gunshot wounds.

Aftermath and Legal Repercussions

Post-incident developments reveal a community deeply scarred by the feud:

• Ken Haggerty: Charged with aggravated assault, Ken expresses remorse, stating, "He's a churchgoing, loving man that loves his wife" (42:21). He is granted bail and faces probation.

• Belinda and Anthony Tucker: Faced allegations of fraud related to the HOA's financial management. Documents suggest Belinda may have "notarized transfers of rental properties" fraudulently (43:10). Under investigation, Belinda denies wrongdoing but the legal repercussions persist.

• Community Impact: The once-peaceful neighborhood now harbors fear and resentment. Sharita Haggerty hopes to move past the trauma, while Ken and Sharita aim to rebuild their lives following the strife.

Conclusion

"HOA Hellfire" serves as a stark reminder of how seemingly minor disputes within a community can escalate into life-altering tragedies. Through meticulous storytelling and real-life accounts, Fear Thy Neighbor highlights the fragile nature of neighborly relations and the devastating consequences of unchecked conflicts.

Notable Quotes:

• Belinda Tucker on retiring in the community: "To just be able to retire in our home was absolutely fabulous." (04:05)
• Sharita Haggerty on neighborhood standards: "The HOA makes sure that someone in the neighborhood is not bringing people's property value down." (10:38)
• Ken Haggerty on the escalating conflict: "These people live adjacent to each other. Two huge homes that are right across from each other." (25:31)
• Belinda Tucker post-trauma: "I got shot twice in my head. I've lost fingers. I got shot in my arm." (41:14)

Reflections and Lessons

This episode underscores the importance of effective communication and the risks of letting disputes fester. The revival of the HOA, intended to enhance community standards, instead became a catalyst for division and violence. Fear Thy Neighbor invites listeners to ponder the thin line between regulation and control, and how personal grievances can fracture even the most seemingly harmonious communities.

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Note: This summary is based on the transcript provided and aims to capture the essence of the "HOA Hellfire" episode without including promotional or non-content-related sections.

Transcript

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[Ken Haggerty]

It's a beautiful community, beautiful area of southern Dallas.

[Heath Harris]

It's a place full of hardworking professionals and families who care for their communities. And nestled within Lancaster is the neighborhood of Pleasant Run Estates.

[Ken Haggerty]

It's an affluent community. Most of the homeowners are the business owners, professionals.

[Heath Harris]

For Belinda Tucker and her husband Anthony, a former manufacturing supervisor, their residence here is heaven on earth. Here she is to explain.

[Belinda Tucker]

My husband got to retire because the company moved, so they just bought him out.

[Heath Harris]

Taffeta Jackson, the daughter of Belinda and Anthony, explains how thrilled her parents are with retired life.

[Belinda Tucker]

So my parents, Belinda and Anthony Tucker, they were able to retire early. They were very hardworking, very successful parents and they dreamed of being in a beautiful home, in a beautiful community. To just be able to retire in our home was absolutely fabulous. And it fastly became known as Tucker lot. It's early in the morning, we're sitting outside, me and my husband enjoying ourselves.

[Heath Harris]

Newly moved into Pleasant Run Estates, Belinda and Anthony are quickly spotted by a local ladies walking group.

[Sharita Haggerty]

We heard someone bun the place.

[Heath Harris]

Oh, hello.

[Sharita Haggerty]

I'm Belinda and this is my husband Anthony. Hi, I'm Gloria and these are the lady walkers. Belinda, you should join us sometime. That sounds lovely. Count me in.

[Ken Haggerty]

Absolutely.

[Belinda Tucker]

I was actually happy. It was amazing.

[Heath Harris]

Life couldn't be better for the young retirees. They settle into new routines when quickly making many friends in the area. And the Tuckers aren't the only couple new to the community.

[Ken Haggerty]

Ken and Sharita Haggerty, beautiful couple, man. I mean, they are hardworking, simple people.

[Heath Harris]

That's Heath Harris again. Heath is a Texas lawyer who knows Ken and Sharita Haggerty well. Ken Haggerty, an entrepreneur, has worked hard to achieve his dream of homeownership.

[Ken Haggerty]

Ken Haggerty is one of the most humble people. He's a self made man, master electrician, has his own electricity company. His name and reputation is very good here in Texas, period.

[Heath Harris]

Sharita stays busy by organizing charity events through their local church.

[Ken Haggerty]

Ken and Sharita have been pillars of the Community.

[Heath Harris]

The Tucker and Haggerty couples haven't met each other yet, but Belinda and Sharita soon cross paths when they both join the local ladies walking group.

[Sharita Haggerty]

You know what?

[Unknown]

What?

[Sharita Haggerty]

You should meet the new girl, Belinda.

[Belinda Tucker]

I was a social butterfly. I would go walking with some of the ladies in the community.

[Sharita Haggerty]

And my mama can make friends very easily.

[Heath Harris]

The two women seem to hit it off. And when the bonding begins, so does the gossip.

[Taffeta Jackson]

But I've got to say, there's this one place. Nope.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Oh, no. Go on. A little neighborly gossip never hurts anybody.

[Taffeta Jackson]

There's this one place across the street from us. I've got to say, it's a bit gaudy.

[Belinda Tucker]

Then she's got crow on her. Those people got money. They do this and they do that.

[Taffeta Jackson]

The decorations are a bit much. Landscaping's over the top. Total eyesore.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Oh, honey, I know the type. Bad decor can really ruin the view.

[Taffeta Jackson]

You said it, sister. And the curtains.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Some people just have the worst taste.

[Heath Harris]

As their walk comes to an end, it seems Belinda, Tucker and Sharita Haggerty will become fast friends.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Anyway, this is me. Very nice meeting you, Belinda.

[Heath Harris]

She's so nice.

[Sharita Haggerty]

All right. This is me. All right, take care. Bye.

[Heath Harris]

When they part ways from their walk, they discover they live right across the street from each other. As it turns out, the house they were gossiping about as being over the top and gaudy is Belinda's.

[Belinda Tucker]

Your mouth just drop open. I was like, oh, my gosh.

[Heath Harris]

Sharita Haggerty has been badmouthing Tucker's lot right to Belinda's face. And she is none too happy.

[Belinda Tucker]

I'm like, who are these people? I knew right away. These are not the kind of people that I want to be friends with. Hey, hon.

[Taffeta Jackson]

How was your walk?

[Sharita Haggerty]

I met one of the new neighbors from across the street. She insulted our home, called it gaudy.

[Belinda Tucker]

I like to decorate. And maybe that's something that Jarita hadn't seen before. Come on, babe.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Maybe there's some sort of misunderstanding. No, baby, she was talking about us. Look at me. Tucker's lot about us.

[Belinda Tucker]

It would sting.

[Sharita Haggerty]

People are talking about you right across.

[Belinda Tucker]

The street from you.

[Heath Harris]

Sharita sees Belinda return to Tucker's lot. Realizing what she's done, she returns home and confesses her social faux pas to husband Ken.

[Taffeta Jackson]

I made a big mistake. I can't believe I did this.

[Belinda Tucker]

What do you mean?

[Taffeta Jackson]

I was badmouthing the decor across the street to the woman who owned the house.

[Heath Harris]

Ken Haggerty, a man of faith, offers what he hopes will be an acceptable solution next Time you see her, ask her for forgiveness. But Belinda is not in a forgiving mood. In fact, it's her belief that the self styled Tucker's Lot is the crown jewel of the neighborhood.

[Sharita Haggerty]

I mean, look at the place. It's a model home.

[Heath Harris]

But don't just take Belinda's word for it. Here's her friend, Loretha Criss.

[Sharita Haggerty]

The Tuckers did have a very beautiful home. It was a luxury home to me. It had everything that you could have possibly wanted in a home. It was extremely nice.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Why don't we just have our coffee.

[Heath Harris]

And try to forget about it? But the insults to her beloved home cut Belinda to the core. So much so, she concocts a nickname for the Haggertys. One that will stick throughout the entirety of their neighborly relationship.

[Sharita Haggerty]

The Haggertys. More like hags.

[Belinda Tucker]

I will call them corner Hags.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Hags. The Hagertys wouldn't know taste if it bit em in the butt.

[Belinda Tucker]

It's like everything the Hags saw in me and my husband was missing in them. Instead of admiration, it created serious problems.

[Heath Harris]

But not yet. As time goes on, the Tuckers and Haggertys keep each other at a distance. Putting her personal hurt aside, Belinda Tucker looks to revive a homeowners association in Pleasant Run Estates for the purpose of raising community beauty standards up to her own.

[Belinda Tucker]

There was no playground. There was no beautification projects. There was absolutely nothing. Let's fix it.

[Heath Harris]

A homeowners association, or hoa, is an entity that oversees standards for groups of homes such as suburban neighborhoods.

[Ken Haggerty]

The HOA set what the parameters are, what the rules are.

[Sharita Haggerty]

The HOA makes sure that someone in the neighborhood is not bringing people's property value down.

[Heath Harris]

And it can also punish those who violate its regulations. Heath Harris explains how minuscule these rules can be.

[Ken Haggerty]

You got three weeds in your flower bed. That's a fine. Hey, you didn't cut your grass this week. That's a fine. You know, I mean, it could be anything.

[Heath Harris]

A robust HOA means everything to Belinda. And she knows the perfect candidate who can lead it.

[Belinda Tucker]

My husband decided that, yeah, he would run the community had an election. My husband was elected president.

[Heath Harris]

Yet not everyone in Pleasant Run Estates is aware of the HoA's revival. Sharita and Ken Haggerty, for example, only become aware after something arrives in the mail.

[Sharita Haggerty]

When Belinda and Anthony started sending out the notices for the HOA and the fees, there was a lot of confusion.

[Heath Harris]

HOA invoices demand money from residents to fund its many projects. Neglecting those payments can have serious consequences. When Sharita and Belinda next cross paths, Sharita attempts to make peace, apologizing for her past. Comments?

[Taffeta Jackson]

Belinda, I'm so sorry about what I said before. Your home is beautiful.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Let's just put this whole thing behind us.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Oh, thank the Lord. I've been a mess about what I've done.

[Belinda Tucker]

I was talking to Sharita and we have a good time.

[Heath Harris]

But Sharita has more than just forgiveness on her mind.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Hey, did you receive an invoice from the HOA recently?

[Sharita Haggerty]

Oh, well, yes. Anthony is the president of the hoa.

[Taffeta Jackson]

What?

[Belinda Tucker]

And then she wanted to talk about the hoa.

[Taffeta Jackson]

There was never a notice to revive the hoa.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Oh, well, there was an election. Maybe you missed the notice.

[Taffeta Jackson]

We didn't miss anything. This doesn't feel right, Belinda.

[Sharita Haggerty]

I mean, the HOA is here to stay, so you have to pay.

[Heath Harris]

Sharita's attempt to smooth things over with Belinda has failed. The revelation of who is behind the homeowners association will set these two families at odds for good.

[Belinda Tucker]

The HOA was the impetus that sparked the whole everything.

[Heath Harris]

Sharita returns home with the news, furious. Hey, honey.

[Ken Haggerty]

How was your walk?

[Taffeta Jackson]

Belinda says that the HOA is back and that we have to pay the invoices.

[Sharita Haggerty]

That's ridiculous.

[Ken Haggerty]

People don't understand the power that hoas have over what they can do if you don't pay those fees. Hoas putting liens on your homes and potentially taking your homes.

[Heath Harris]

We didn't agree to any of this.

[Taffeta Jackson]

I know.

[Heath Harris]

Battle lines are being drawn in Pleasant Run estate states. And these neighbors must prepare for war.

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[Heath Harris]

As Heath Harris explains, the decor dust up is heating up between neighbors.

[Ken Haggerty]

The Hagerty's American dream became a nightmare once the Tuckers came into their world.

[Belinda Tucker]

If you're gonna compete with me, I'll step my game up, you know. There were several notices sent out, all kind of friendly reminders the Hagertys weren't paying HOA invoices along with several others. Everybody was non compliant.

[Heath Harris]

After months of some Neighbors Ignoring the HOA's demands, Belinda decides to confront them face to face.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Hi, how are you folks doing today?

[Belinda Tucker]

Hello Belinda. We're doing very well, thank you.

[Taffeta Jackson]

What could we do for you?

[Sharita Haggerty]

You need to pay your HOA fees.

[Ken Haggerty]

Listen Belinda, the HOA was disbanded and.

[Heath Harris]

We didn't vote to have it reinstated.

[Belinda Tucker]

I'm trying to explain to people that are committed to misunderstanding, but we would.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Prefer to have everybody resolve their payments the best way they can. And with Anthony being the president of the hoa, we can work with you on that.

[Taffeta Jackson]

We don't feel we need to pay these invoices. Especially since we didn't vote in the matter.

[Belinda Tucker]

It didn't matter what I would say to try, you know, to make them understand. When you're committed to misunderstanding, there's nothing anyone can say.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Well, you have to pay or there'll be consequences.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Is that a threat?

[Sharita Haggerty]

Get off our property.

[Ken Haggerty]

We're not paying one red cent.

[Belinda Tucker]

I mean, gosh, it's ridiculous.

[Ken Haggerty]

I think everyone tries to respect your neighbor, but they never thought that it would escalate to something like that. Didn't.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Belinda is the type that likes to prove herself to people. If somebody did look at her in a negative light, she would want to know why.

[Heath Harris]

The Haggertys believe they are being extorted and defrauded by the revived hoa. Before going into battle with Belinda, they seek to recruit others in the neighborhood experiencing the same confusion and frustration they are.

[Ken Haggerty]

The Haggertys were probably one of the biggest voices against the hoa.

[Heath Harris]

And they come to find that many neighbors feel the same way they do.

[Sharita Haggerty]

These invoices just keep piling up.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Ours too. But we shouldn't give in to their demands.

[Ken Haggerty]

Ken and Syretta, their neighbors, were leaning on them for help because they were leading the fight against the Tuckers.

[Belinda Tucker]

We need to form a united front.

[Ken Haggerty]

Yeah.

[Sharita Haggerty]

We didn't agree to this.

[Ken Haggerty]

And even if we did, we wouldn't have voted.

[Taffeta Jackson]

You're right. This is ridiculous.

[Heath Harris]

You're right.

[Ken Haggerty]

When you are in control of these HOAs, having power over that community and potentially taking these people's homes. This was a huge concern that the Haggertys had.

[Taffeta Jackson]

I'm gonna go over there and talk to her. This has gone too far.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Hello, Sharita.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Belinda, please stop sending the neighborhood these invoices.

[Sharita Haggerty]

I don't understand what the problem is. Do you not want your neighborhood, your home, to look beautiful? Belinda, I just have everyone's best interests in mind. Do you want to live in an ugly neighborhood?

[Taffeta Jackson]

You're wasting your time. Stop sending these invoices.

[Heath Harris]

Convinced the revive HOA is a sham, the Hagerty search for evidence to conclusively prove their position.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Ken, come take a look at this. Pleasant Run Estates doesn't even have an HOA listed on the city's website.

[Belinda Tucker]

Unbelievable.

[Ken Haggerty]

Once Ken and Sharita did investigate, they felt that this was fraud. It's a fact that the homeowners association.

[Heath Harris]

Was discontinued during their search. The Haggertys also discover that the neighborhood already pays service and maintenance fees to a different organization, one run by the city.

[Taffeta Jackson]

We pay into a pid.

[Heath Harris]

A public improvement district known as a PID or pid, covers much the same ground as an hoa, but is administered by the city. If you pay your mortgage, you automatically pay into the pid.

[Sharita Haggerty]

If you wanted to build a park, or if you wanted street lights or speed bumps in your neighborhood. Those are the type of things that.

[Belinda Tucker]

A PID is for the HOA charging.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Us fees we've already paid.

[Heath Harris]

This is crazy. But the biggest bomb is yet to drop.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Guess who owns the company managing the HOA's financials?

[Heath Harris]

You guessed it, Belinda.

[Belinda Tucker]

So I had a management company, and it was easy. When it got time to manage Pleasant Run Estates, my husband had to recuse himself. He couldn't vote, you know, to have my company to run it, but the other board members could, and they did. I was managing the community.

[Taffeta Jackson]

That fraud.

[Belinda Tucker]

When they found out that it was my management company, then they start saying it was fraudulent.

[Taffeta Jackson]

We have to tell everybody.

[Ken Haggerty]

Why is the homeowners association president's wife issuing all these fees, making money off of him being the president of the association? They felt they were being extorted.

[Belinda Tucker]

That caused a big stir.

[Heath Harris]

Allegations spread like wildfire around the neighborhood.

[Belinda Tucker]

The Haggertys, Yeah, they did definitely lead the charge. It was all turned around on her, as if she was trying to steal and take from people, when in actuality, she's trying to give back to everyone as a whole.

[Heath Harris]

Now that both sides clearly know they stand on opposite. Opposite ends of the issue, they throw jabs at the other whenever the opportunity arises. Living across the street from one another. It happens a lot. Thanks.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Can I help you? No, no. We're just enjoying our morning coffee.

[Belinda Tucker]

More like enjoying other people's money.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Go to work. Peasants.

[Belinda Tucker]

Look, the peasants are entertaining us. That's what I would say to my husband. The peasants are entertaining us. It would be comical if it wasn't so pathetic and sad.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Let us enjoy some peace and quiet.

[Belinda Tucker]

You're a con artist and a bully.

[Heath Harris]

Pegs.

[Belinda Tucker]

It's unbelievable. Insane.

[Heath Harris]

In one instance, tempers flare when Ken Haggerty violates the city's street parking ordinances. If you recall, Ken is an electrician who owns his own company, which means he needs a large truck to do business.

[Ken Haggerty]

It starts out with his electrical truck being in the neighborhood. Call at the police.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Hello? Yes, I'd like to report a neighbor.

[Belinda Tucker]

Well, they weighed the truck. Sorry, it's way overweight. The police were trying to explain to him that it weighed too much to be parked there.

[Ken Haggerty]

Overweight? What in God's name?

[Sharita Haggerty]

Within two days or it's getting towed.

[Ken Haggerty]

When you work all day, like Ken works all day and you have your own business, it can get a little frustrating. What the records will show is that he moved his truck just like the police asked him to.

[Heath Harris]

But Belinda claims Ken escalated the situation to a whole new level.

[Belinda Tucker]

He looks at us and he yell obscenities. You obviously bitch. You a bitch.

[Ken Haggerty]

You gonna have problems. I see you outside again, I'll send you to hell.

[Belinda Tucker]

Just being belligerent. He did say that he was gonna send me to hell. I'm gonna send you to hell.

[Sharita Haggerty]

You hear that?

[Ken Haggerty]

I'll send you to hell.

[Heath Harris]

Heath Harris, who came to represent the Haggerty's in their ongoing disputes with the tuckers, says differently.

[Ken Haggerty]

Mr. Haggerty admirably denied making those types of threats to her or Mr. Tucker. It was just, you know, silly harassment. And the Tuckers, the Hagerty's, harassing each other. It's tentious.

[Sharita Haggerty]

They didn't want to keep going back and forth with their neighbors.

[Heath Harris]

According to Belinda, Ken steps up his harassment against her.

[Belinda Tucker]

If he see me walking, he would stand out on the corner and call.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Me fatty fat ass.

[Belinda Tucker]

Fat ass. Look at you with your face. I'm like, why are you looking at my ass? First of all, fat ass.

[Ken Haggerty]

Mr. Haggerty admirably denies saying that.

[Heath Harris]

Either way, the spectacle in Pleasant Run estate continues to escalate.

[Belinda Tucker]

He started blasting gospel music like it's not even, like, up to date.

[Heath Harris]

Hallelujah.

[Belinda Tucker]

I understand if you want to play music, but why do we hear it way over here? That even was harassment.

[Heath Harris]

On other occasions, the Haggertys are the ones making noise complaints against the Tuckers.

[Ken Haggerty]

Cheers to another beautiful weekend. Listen to that Kitty purr motorcycle incident. Hagerty's feeling that the Tuckers are purposely trying to antagonize their evening by revving this motorcycle.

[Heath Harris]

This is a beautiful machine.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Come on.

[Heath Harris]

This thing is meant to be heard.

[Belinda Tucker]

Motorcycles are designed to be loud so that they can be seen.

[Ken Haggerty]

It was just tit for tat. You're going to complain about my noise now? I'm going to complain about your noise.

[Heath Harris]

Time marches on with each family riling up the other any chance they get.

[Ken Haggerty]

You gotta understand, these people live adjacent to each other. Two huge homes that are right across from each other.

[Heath Harris]

Yet Belinda is mostly now focused on her next grand ambition. Political office.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Hi there. I'm running for mayor, and I wonder if I could put a sign on your lawn. We handed out flyers telling everything that she wanted to do in the city.

[Belinda Tucker]

I ran my campaign on honesty, integrity, and transparency.

[Heath Harris]

But not everyone is convinced of Belinda's good intentions.

[Sharita Haggerty]

The campaign really didn't go very well.

[Belinda Tucker]

My signs were being vandalized. My voice was being Silenced.

[Sharita Haggerty]

A lot of people were saying, well, it was just a win. You could believe that if the candidate next to her sign was damaged as well. But it was literally only her signs.

[Heath Harris]

As her campaign for mayor continues, Belinda's signs aren't the only targets of destruction.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Look what I just got in the mail.

[Belinda Tucker]

There were mailers that were going out about me and my husband trying to say we were criminals stealing from our neighbors. And all of this with this HOA thing, just horrible, horrible things.

[Sharita Haggerty]

She thinks that it did come from people in her neighborhood because of everything that was going on.

[Belinda Tucker]

We had people in the background working to just damage and sabotage. Not just me. In my run for mayor, they wanted to set an ulterior defining description of who the Tuckers were.

[Heath Harris]

According to Belinda, vicious libel soon gives way to potential violence.

[Belinda Tucker]

I work on a project with a friend of mine.

[Heath Harris]

As Belinda explains, just as her friend is ready to leave the front door, a small red light shines towards them.

[Belinda Tucker]

We could see a light shining. You have those lights on. Weapons that. It could have been a gun.

[Heath Harris]

Anthony Tucker is also home at the time.

[Ken Haggerty]

Babe, what's wrong?

[Heath Harris]

Get down.

[Sharita Haggerty]

They'll forgotten us.

[Belinda Tucker]

I'm telling Anthony what's on. Going, going on. The light hits him.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Get up.

[Heath Harris]

Believing their lives are in danger, Belinda quickly calls 911. Please, I need help.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Please no.

[Heath Harris]

Police race to the scene. She immediately points out her neighbor Ken Hagerty as the culprit, but he denies any involvement.

[Ken Haggerty]

The Tuckers made allegations about Ken shining a beam into their home. There were so many allegations over the years.

[Belinda Tucker]

The police is telling me it's not illegal to shine a light. He's just being childish. Just ignore it. I'm listening to this. I'm like, wow, so that's not harassment. The police would not address it or even investigate or do anything about it.

[Heath Harris]

Authorities explain that without solid evidence that Ken Haggerty is to blame, there's nothing they can do. So Anthony decides to take matters into his own hands.

[Ken Haggerty]

There were concerns that Anthony was known to carry a firearm, so. But he's well within his right to do that. We here in Texas, you know, he's second amendment of a right to do that if he chose to.

[Heath Harris]

The Tuckers take even more measures to ensure their safety.

[Belinda Tucker]

We install cameras around our home.

[Ken Haggerty]

I know for a fact that the Tuckers had cameras on the Hagerty's home.

[Belinda Tucker]

Of course, everything we did, they did. Once we installed cameras, they installed cameras as well.

[Sharita Haggerty]

They did have surveillance cameras. I can't say what they were using it for. But if they felt like the Tucker's cameras were pointed at them to watch their house in retaliation, I'm sure they probably did the same. Just from the thought of somebody watching their home, it just seems like they're that type of people.

[Heath Harris]

Belinda's security cameras soon capture what to her are blood boiling infractions.

[Belinda Tucker]

I believe Ken had his friend park his big in front of our home if he wanted to go visit across the street. Park your truck across the street.

[Ken Haggerty]

I think the Tuckers were just upset that they were parking on their side of the street.

[Belinda Tucker]

You're harassing us is what you're doing.

[Heath Harris]

So Belinda concocts a plan.

[Belinda Tucker]

So I know that he's going to want to use this truck. It's a work truck, of course. So I take Corvette, I park a Carvette in front of it as close as I could get without hitting it. And I take a Mercedes Benz and park it behind it as close as I could get without hitting it. I don't have to go to work in the morning. You do. Let's see you get out of here without, you know, hitting my car. Cause if you hit my car, it's going to be a whole different issue. So now you want to park your truck here? Guess what? I got all day. Then I did call the police.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Hello, officer. Yes, I would like to report a car parked in front of my house.

[Ken Haggerty]

That's how crazy things got between these two people. To the extent where if the Hagerty company needed to park on the other side like neighbors commonly do. You know, she reported that to the police.

[Heath Harris]

When Belinda returns home, she learns that not everyone wants to participate in her games.

[Belinda Tucker]

The big truck was gone and the Mercedes was damaged in the front Hanks.

[Heath Harris]

The Tucker and Haggerty families find any excuse to antagonize each other. I'm gonna report your ass. And things are heating up fast.

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Here'S Heath Harris to explain the worsening situation on an otherwise quiet street.

[Ken Haggerty]

It was very, very volatile between these two families. Whether it was the Haggertys complaining on the Tuckers or the Tuckers complaining on the Hagertys, they had years and years of each of them calling the police. And I think the police were getting fed up with it. They were out there so much.

[Heath Harris]

While navigating the ongoing dispute with her neighbors, Belinda stays focused on winning the mayoral race.

[Belinda Tucker]

I would host events, call it a meet and greet and I would just work the room like I'm used to doing.

[Ken Haggerty]

I do believe that Mr. Tucker did have serious concerns for the safety of his wife.

[Belinda Tucker]

The next thing we know, we hear Anthony and you could hear the Frantic in his voice.

[Ken Haggerty]

Come quickly, everybody.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Let's go outside. Hands up, everybody.

[Belinda Tucker]

There's police there with guns drawn. What is happening?

[Sharita Haggerty]

Come out of the house. Officer, what's going on?

[Belinda Tucker]

They got a call that there was a man outside with a gun. Quiet, ma' am. There was no gun. And they looked and they didn't see a gun. That was just the call. I think they called the police.

[Heath Harris]

When law enforcement questions Ken about the call he supposedly made about a man on the Tucker's lawn with a gun, he adamantly denies it.

[Ken Haggerty]

There's no record that the Hagerty's called the police on him. It may have been one of the other neighbors who had concern about someone walking around brandishing a weapon. The Lancaster police department. I'm sure we're tired of it.

[Heath Harris]

To add insult to injury while the feud continues, Belinda eventually loses her bid for mayor.

[Sharita Haggerty]

I should have won.

[Taffeta Jackson]

I should have won.

[Heath Harris]

To make matters worse for Belinda, some pleasant run residents launched legal action against the Tuckers.

[Ken Haggerty]

There were years and years of the Tuckers going to court fighting on whether or not this was a legitimate hoa.

[Belinda Tucker]

As time progresses, we want to resolve this, but it could result in liens being placed on your property if you don't pay.

[Ken Haggerty]

According to the people in that community, they would fraudulently extort them and place liens on their homes, which placed many of the people in that community in fear that they could potentially lose their homes.

[Heath Harris]

Still, the root of the outrage seems to be between the Tuckers and the Haggertys.

[Ken Haggerty]

The bottom line is Ken's worked as butt off all his life to build a business and get a home. Now you got somebody threatening to take his home. He took that very, very serious.

[Heath Harris]

Anthony Tucker is determined to protect his property and wife at all costs.

[Ken Haggerty]

As far as this little battle that they had going on, tension really hadn't died down.

[Heath Harris]

The neighbors eventually take a serious step in moving their war from the street to the courthouse.

[Belinda Tucker]

We found filed that we wanted a protective order to keep them away from us because now we know it's that serious. We went to civil court. We let them know what was going on. Combined, it was 92 claims.

[Ken Haggerty]

Almost every justice of the peace, Judge Nash, judge Jones, judge Campbell, they were all familiar with the Tucker's and the Hagerbys. The tension is building year after year, court hearing after court hearing.

[Belinda Tucker]

It's been so much going back and forth. Nothing ever panned out. Nothing. But we did not prevail in getting that protective order.

[Ken Haggerty]

A judge would be reluctant to grant a Protective order. You're basically telling one of the parties, if I grant this order, the other party's gonna have to move.

[Heath Harris]

The bad blood between the Tuckers and the Haggertys has reached its boiling point. One day, Sharita finds another piece of mail waiting for her.

[Taffeta Jackson]

This had better not be another invoice.

[Heath Harris]

And the unpaid HoA dues have now pushed Belinda to play her ultimate card.

[Belinda Tucker]

It got to that point where liens had to be placed.

[Ken Haggerty]

You paid your mortgage, you paid your home off, and you constantly threatening, I'm gonna take your property.

[Belinda Tucker]

After they put a lien on your house, the association can rightfully come and take the property.

[Ken Haggerty]

This accumulation of all the prior threats in the past. Ken took her at her word. He believed that she was trying to take his home. That's what led him to the point where he felt he had to do something to defend his property and to defend his family.

[Heath Harris]

Sunday, August 4, 2019, is a day which will live on in Pleasant Run Estate's memory from for a long, long time.

[Ken Haggerty]

It was a very, very chaotic, crazy, crazy Sunday morning that should not have ever, ever happened in Lancashire, Texas.

[Heath Harris]

To set the scene, Belinda and her friend Gloria are leaving Tucker's lot to run some errands. They get into her car and prepare to drive out of the neighborhood. But Ken Haggerty, with a fresh lien placed against his home, has other plans.

[Ken Haggerty]

Ken firmly believed that she was trying to take his property and going to harm his family in doing so.

[Heath Harris]

As Belinda prepares to drive off, Ken Haggerty pulls his own car in front of hers, blocking Belinda from leaving. He then gets out of his car and confronts his neighbor.

[Belinda Tucker]

You put a lead on my house. I smiled at him, and that set him off. I have my phone in my hand because we just think he's crazy.

[Ken Haggerty]

Ken approached the car and hears the car revving. That car is a deadly weapon.

[Heath Harris]

Ken confronts Belinda with a weapon of his own.

[Belinda Tucker]

Behind the guns. When she said that, I dropped the phone.

[Heath Harris]

Please don't.

[Hannah]

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[Sharita Haggerty]

Don't shoot.

[Belinda Tucker]

I was attacked. I was ambushed in the middle of the street.

[Ken Haggerty]

And if he felt that she was going to run over him, that he's entitled to defend himself. And then what ends up happening is Mr. Tucker somehow saw what was going on. He comes out with his. I think he had a 9 millimeter or some type of semiautomatic weapon, and he starts firing it at Ken as well.

[Taffeta Jackson]

Hey.

[Ken Haggerty]

So now Ms. Tucker and this other lady, the property manager, are caught basically in a crossfire. Ken has A revolver. But he only has five shots, you know, many of which he had fired at Mr. Tucker.

[Heath Harris]

Stop shooting.

[Taffeta Jackson]

I'll kill her.

[Ken Haggerty]

And yeah, he's yelling, if you come any closer, I'm gonna kill this bitch. I'm gonna kill this bitch. But I think that the evidence would have shown that he's saying that he's just trying to keep Mr. Tucker from coming over and actually killing.

[Belinda Tucker]

I'll kill this bitch.

[Heath Harris]

With such a public commotion, police quickly arrived to the scene of the shooting. Drop your weapons.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Heads up.

[Ken Haggerty]

The police could have easily have killed both these guys. The Lancaster police did an exceptional job of containing, you know, this. This incident. This could have been way uglier.

[Heath Harris]

After subduing the shooters, EMTs quickly attend to Belinda.

[Belinda Tucker]

I got shot twice in my head. I've lost fingers. I got shot in my arm. How mad must you have been that a simple smile would reduce you to commit murder? I am being loaded into the back of an ambulance and I can see them walking my husband in handcuffs.

[Heath Harris]

Though he's arrested at the scene, Anthony Tucker faces no charges. Ken Haggerty is charged, but not with what the Tuckers had hoped for.

[Belinda Tucker]

They charged Kenner Haggerty with aggravated assault instead of attempted murder. That's attempted murder all day.

[Ken Haggerty]

Once the police get there and they detain him and arrest him, he can't believe that he's allowed her to make him act in this manner. That he lost it like that, that he's let her win. She got what she wanted. He's going to be kicked out of his house.

[Heath Harris]

According to his lawyer, Heath Harris, who we've been hearing from all episode, Ken Haggerty shows much remorse for his actions that Sunday.

[Ken Haggerty]

He is very apologetic to the Lancaster police department. He's clearly extremely remorseful. For the most part. He's a churchgoing, loving man that loves his wife. Again, the lord and his community. He can't be believe that he let her make him fire a weapon in broad daylight at someone on a Sunday morning.

[Belinda Tucker]

After he just leave church, he was given $100,000 bail. He was out the very next day.

[Sharita Haggerty]

The day after the shooting, Belinda comes home from the hospital.

[Ken Haggerty]

Wasn't like she got shot in the head. It was like abrasions. I'm not minimizing, but I'm just saying there were abrasions to her head.

[Heath Harris]

Ken may be the only one held responsible for the shooting, but Belinda and Anthony Tucker don't escape the situation in Pleasant Run Estates without charges of their own.

[Ken Haggerty]

The Tuckers end up getting charged. Well, the allegation is that she frauded another gentleman out of his homes that accumulated a little over a million dollars worth of rental properties. And miraculously those properties end up being transferred to Ms. Tucker on documents that she notarized herself, according to the record. Now you got someone who actually had their property stolen. The same fear that Mr. Haggerty had. We've been telling you for a year that she was involved in this type of activity.

[Belinda Tucker]

I don't even have a problem being under investigation. If you want to investigate me, open arms. Investigate me.

[Heath Harris]

Based on all the circumstances. The courts are merciful with Ken Haggerty.

[Ken Haggerty]

For anyone who says, wow, how did he get probation? I do believe that he acted in self defense, defense of his property and defense of his family. Given the totality of all the torment.

[Heath Harris]

Year after year during the investigation against Belinda and Anthony, they move away from their beloved Tucker's lot.

[Ken Haggerty]

It's kind of crazy that now, now the Tuckers are no longer in their home, you know, but the Haggertys are there. Belinda having to face the possibility of going to prison because of all the charges that she has on her.

[Belinda Tucker]

I didn't want to sell my home. I loved my home, but I loved my husband. And it was killing him to have to live across the street from the man that tried to kill his wife.

[Heath Harris]

Ken and Sharita Haggerty are eager to leave this terrible episode of their lives behind.

[Ken Haggerty]

I believe Ken will be successful on the probation that he has and show everyone that not only has he paid his debt to society, but that this particular incident that happened was an anomaly.

[Heath Harris]

Sadly, in 2022, Anthony Tucker passes away in his sleep.

[Belinda Tucker]

The stress of it all, it weighed.

[Sharita Haggerty]

Very heavy and I think that it.

[Belinda Tucker]

Killed him, but I can't say that for sure. But I think it does play a role in it. He was a legend in love and he lived well and he died well because it was so peaceful.

[Heath Harris]

Belinda denies all claims against her, but they have yet to be resolved.

[Ken Haggerty]

Now Sharita and Ken and the other neighbors can enjoy their homes without fear that the Tuckers are going to try to take it from them.

[Heath Harris]

This podcast is produced by Cream Productions in association with Fremantle Media and id. You can check out Fear Thy Neighbor on Max, Discovery plus and id.

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