A New Hampshire family is being terrorized by a homeless encampment that sprouted up behind their historic home, leading to violent encounters with the vagrants, according to a report.
Robin Bach and her husband spent years restoring their 19th-century dream home in Concord to raise their two children, ages 8 and 11 — but have been plagued by the campers living in the woods behind the palatial abode.
They’ve received death threats and have heard gunshots and screams from beyond the tree line. A swingset in their backyard, bought in 2020 during the pandemic, sits untouched by her terrified children, who will only play in the front yard.
“I can’t even use my backyard. My kids can’t go out there,” Bach told the Concord Monitor. “I would like my children to be independent and feel comfortable going outside and playing and they won’t.
“This is the worst it’s ever been, It’s the worst it’s ever been.”
Since purchasing the house in 2018 with grand plans to renovate and raise a family, Bach has called police 37 times, according to police records reviewed by the newspaper. Six calls were for an area check, another six for disturbances as well as domestic violence and criminal trespassing incidents.
During one of their first summers in the house, Bach’s husband found a man, who they had previously seen lurking in the woods near some tents, sitting in their backyard. When he asked the man to leave, the interloper threatened to shoot him.
The man returned several times until Bach filed a restraining order against him — and cops hauled him off in handcuffs as her young children watched, she told the Concord Monitor.
In another incident, she was teaching her son how to do laundry when they heard chilling screams of some yelling, “Get off me, get off me” coming from the encampment, prompting another police call. --->READ MORE HERE
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A family has been left terrified after a homeless encampment sprang up in the back yard of their $800,000 historic home.
Robin Bach and her husband have had to contend with death threats from vagrants living in woods they own just behind their stunning 19th Century Walker House in Concord, New Hampshire.
And those threats are far from empty, with the Bachs - who have two children aged eight and 11 - hearing gunshots erupting from the backyard encampment.
'I can't even use my backyard. My kids can't go out there,' Bach told the Concord Monitor, explaining that they play out in front on the sidewalk. 'I would like my children to be independent and feel comfortable going outside and playing and they won't.'
The couple bought the gorgeous home in 2018 and treated their sons to a backyard swing set in 2020. But its proximity to the nearby violent vagrant population who refuse to leave has left the children too frightened to touch it.
Bach has called the police 37 times since she's lived in this neighborhood to report various encounters with the homeless population living mere feet away from where they all sleep.
Several years ago, Bach's husband had an unnerving encounter with a man who they saw emerging from the woods in their backyard a few times. When he asked the man to leave, the man threatened to shoot him.
This same vagrant returned to their property several times after this, which led Bach to file a restraining order against him.
Her children watched as police took him away for the final time.
This comes as homelessness is on the rise all throughout the country, especially in New Hampshire where the number of people on the streets in increasing faster than anywhere else, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Supreme Court just last week issued a ruling on a case originating out of Oregon - its largest city an epicenter for the homeless - stating that camping outdoors is illegal and cities can enforce bans on it.
Thus far, the city of Concord and the police department have had their hands somewhat tied when it comes to clearing out the encampments near Bach's and other people's homes.
Cops need to work with shelters to make sure certain homeless individuals aren't on waitlists for housing and services before busting up these makeshift tent cities.
They also have to strike deals with private property owners. --->READ MORE HERE
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