This article was in the Washington Post. It was on the front page of the metro section and featured pictures of her - and of her with her veteran husband before he died. It also tells us she's part Cherokee and it is very heart rending. So much so that it has inspired a mob like mentality in reaction. In the WaPo comments section of the article, people are outraged and are leaving comments on the complex and parent company's website and bad reviews on Yelp and FB. They are calling for picketing and worse.
Interestingly, there is almost no fact checking apparent in the article. Ms. Creuy alleged the meeting she tried to attend was run by a Fairfax County rep. It would seem that this person would be a good one to check with concerning her behavior yet the reporter claims since the police weren't called "there is no way to tell what actually happened."
There is the standard - oh I contacted the complex management company, but they said privacy and litigation (Ms. Cruey is suing them) prevent comment.
The reporter does say a "former resident" said management "threatened" another unnamed resident for taking an additional sausage, but it seems odd that the former resident wanted to be anonymous so that other residents wouldn't be "harmed further." The former resident can't be harmed at this point and if he/she is concerned about outing the sausage taker as a compaliner, he/she already did that. So this makes no sense.
Then, to further show how unreasonable management allegedly is, the reporter tells us about an entertainer who was asked to move his car during his performance. He says he asked an employee to do it, but was told he had to do it himself. He then parked in another space that was restricted and ended up leaving. It would seem this could have been easily verified by talking to the employee - since this clearly was not a privacy or litigation matter. But - crickets on that one too.
So we really only have Ms. Cruey's story without real verification. And someone on the comments page unearthed the fact that she has been involved in numerous criminal and civil lawsuits from 1996 to 2015 - where she was found guilty - involving harassment, vulgar language, trespassing, obstruction of justice etc. So she may not be the innocent she is portrayed to be.
It is sad that we are just expected to believe whatever the press prints these days.
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