Neighbor in 17-year feud could end up back in court
Pontiac — A West Bloomfield Township man who faced possible jail time for annoying his neighbor with a lawnmower horn serenade may be headed back to court.
James Cantini, 76, was cited about a year ago for disturbing the peace and put on probation with orders to not contact his neighbor, Michael Doyle, for a year after blaring out “La Cucaracha” on the musical horn of his riding lawnmower between their Elder Road homes. It was the latest in a 17-year exchange of salvos over property line and privacy disputes between the pair.
In a rare act of cooperation, township attorney Larry Sherman and Cantini’s lawyer, Todd Kaluzny, worked out an agreement — signed by the two neighbors — to end the feud and Sherman agreed to dismiss the criminal warrant.
But when Bloomfield 48th District Judge Diane D’Agostini learned of possible no-contact violations to conditions she had put on Cantini, she felt her authority was being usurped and ordered him back to court.
Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2017/08/28/neighbors-feud-legal-battle/105061376/
