Virginia store vandalized for weeks: ‘it just seems like harassment’

AMELIA, Va. (WRIC)– An Amelia County store proprietor needs solutions as her enterprise continues to be focused by vandals.

Sandi Woody is the proprietor of Knot Too Shabby, a house decor retailer. Woody informed 8news, for the reason that starting of March, she’s filed a protracted listing of police experiences with the Amelia County Sheriff’s Workplace.

In keeping with Woody, the primary incident occurred on March 9.

She mentioned she began preparing for the day round 7 a.m. She seen that her canine was making a number of noise and realized the door to her goathouse was propped open. Her warmth lamps, which she makes use of to offer warmth to her cattle, have been thrown throughout her yard. The grass inside her fence was tore up and a cinder block was used to prop the door open. Her animals have been left to freeze.

Within the weeks after, the proprietor continued to take care of a number of points in her yard and on the retailer.

Her retailer window was shattered, which nonetheless hasn’t been mounted. She mentioned her husband’s windshield was smeared with grease and that her household has seen folks operating throughout the property trying to break-in to her retailer.

“It simply looks as if harassment and bullying at this level. Any person will not be pleased that I’m right here. Any person doesn’t like my enterprise being right here. I’ve carried out this for thus lengthy,” Woody mentioned. “We’ve poured a lot of our blood, sweat, tears, cash, and many others. I imply, our hearts, all the pieces into this enterprise. We’re not going wherever.”

Woody mentioned her household even needed to name Animal Poison Management after 20 of her chickens collapsed. Specialists informed her rat poisoning was put inside their coop.

“We needed to slowly watch 20 of our chickens die, which was horrifying,” Woody mentioned.

As well as, she mentioned her again fence was open and her particular wants canine fell down the steps. She found out the canine had been given one thing that it ingested, which made it sick. The canine was bleeding for 5 days.

“It’s actually disheartening as a result of all people that we’ve encountered within the retailer has been so loving, so supportive. We’ve obtained nothing however sort phrases from all people locally,” Woody mentioned.

She’s been in enterprise for practically six years, transferring her retailer from Midlothian to Amelia in November.

Woody mentioned she’s poured all the pieces into this enterprise and doesn’t perceive why somebody would wish to hurt her household.

“You’ve scared my infants, and now you’ve damage my animals,” Woody mentioned. “That’s a line you simply don’t cross with any household.”

You probably have any details about these incidents attain out to the Amelia County Sheriff’s Workplace at 804-561-2118.