Concerns Raised by Resident of Hilltop Cottages
- WCMP
- Sep 14, 2022
- 2 min read
Concerns over drugs, trash, and management issues were brought before the Pine City Council last week by a resident at Hilltop Cottages.
Grayson Kennedy said that she had retired from the cities to Hilltop in October of last year.
She told WCMP that she turned to the council because issues over garbage and crime concerns have not been addressed by property management or law enforcement.
"Residents are very frustrated up there at who do they turn to with all this," Kennedy said. "That's what led me to the city council because it is a beautiful spot to live in. It's just we need help up there to get this back in line."
Kennedy also told the city council that some residents have let trash pile up, and it has resulted in infestations of bugs and rodents.
This isn’t the first time issues over crime at Hilltop Cottages have been raised. Sheriff Jeff Nelson had previously spoken to the council because of the call load.
"My concern was that it was a new complex and there seemed to be a large number of calls. That still is a concern," he told WCMP in an email.
Nelson said that there have been 101 for service between November of 2021 and early September. Those calls have resulted in at least seven arrests for various reasons, one citation issued, two cases referred to the County Attorney for possible charges, and three referred to child protection.
When asked about the concerns, the city offered the following statement:
"The City Council is grateful to Grayson Kennedy for stepping forward to report on conditions at Hilltop Cottages. Council members are very concerned about the situation, and we are working with the Sheriff and other County officials to direct the management and owners of Hilltop Cottages to get Hilltop cleaned up, back on track, and make it safe for residents.
Pine City sent out letters last week to MetroPlains and the owners to address safety concerns, and Pine City will be meeting shortly with them, Sheriff Nelson, county officials, and Grayson Kennedy to get down to the bottom of what’s happening at Hilltop."
Kennedy also said that there has been no response from management when she has reached out with concerns.
WCMP reached out to MetroPlains, the property management company, and has yet to receive a response.
Heather!? It's not kidnapping when you lock your child out of the house at 8 a.m. for the rest of the neighborhood to cater to her while your smoking meth in your apartment. Than later after you come down from your high you come out and and verbally abuse everyone for having her when you don't even take care of her. I remember seeing this "cat party" and you wanting a second piece of that cake. You also knock on this woman's door quite a bit for her to be "crazy".
City council should not believe what this mentally unstable woman says ! Not one city council member has approached anyone else at the hilltop cottages and I will be looking into pressing charges of slander against all involved
Grayson is mentally unstable she kidnapps the kids in the neighborhood to do work outside the cottages without the parents permission she also lures them in her home with cat parties management has had several run in with her she's been advised to stop . She goes around stealing trash bins and places them in her garage and tells everybody we need to go to her garage and throw our trash away she is a danger to this establishment and needs to be removed. She lerks around yelling at children for the way they dress body shames them and if they are close to her unit . She doesn't speak for anyone here at the cottages we are all worki…