'Peace restored': Condo complex
residents say they're grateful for noisy neighbor's conviction
Article Courtesy of WFTV Channel 9 Orlando
By Jason Kelly
Published February 17, 2019
ORLANDO - Some Orlando
condominium complex residents said they have
received justice after being harassed and
tormented by their neighbor for at least two
years.
Channel 9 has followed
the case since 2015, when a woman was accused of rigging a
speaker system to intentionally aggravate her neighbors in
the Dr. Phillips neighborhood.
Marianna Seachrist was recently found guilty on stalking
charges. She has been jailed while awaiting sentencing.
She is scheduled to be sentenced next week unless a
continuance is granted, court records said.
Some people said they moved from their condominiums because
of the noise, which included constant thumping.
Investigators said they discovered in Seachrist's
condominium speakers that were held down by cinder blocks, facing the floor
and connected to an amplifier.
Seachrist is also accused of dropping bowling balls or weights on the floor
at night.
The Phillips Bay Condominium Association said it brought an arbitration
complaint against Seachrist to the state of Florida.
The complaint alleged "shocking stories of torment," including "playing a
movie on a continuous loop, 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' at a really
loud level."
An elderly neighbor "wept when she told the board of the constant pounding
noises. She was losing sleep and eventually had to move into a hotel and
sell her unit," the complaint said.
Some residents said they were "worried for their safety," the document said.
The association's president said Seachrist asked him, "How would you like it
if I hired somebody to kill you?"
Her parents sent an email to the judge, asking for spiritual help for their
daughter so she may "confess and find peace in her soul," court records
said.
It is unknown why Seachrist went to such measures. She now faces foreclosure
on her condominium.
One of her neighbors told Channel 9 on Wednesday that peace has been
restored to the complex.