{"id":30980,"date":"2025-07-17T21:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30980"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:29:12","slug":"hoa-battle-sends-hardworking-florida-mom-to-jail-for-having-brown-grass-dirty-mailbox-like-a-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=30980","title":{"rendered":"HOA battle sends hardworking Florida mom to jail for having brown grass, dirty mailbox: \u2018Like a criminal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Florida homeowner was jailed without bond after a battle with her homeowners\u2019 association over violations escalated to the point where a warrant was issued for her arrest.<\/p>\n

Irena Green said the feud with Riverview\u2019s Creek View HOA\u2019s management company,\u00a0the Trowbridge Company Inc., began last year when she got a notice over the dead, slightly brown grass in her front yard,\u00a0ABC Action News\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you drive around my neighborhood, you\u2019ll see there\u2019s plenty of yards not up to par,\u201d Green shared.<\/p>\n

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Irena Green was jailed without bond after a battle with her homeowners\u2019 association over violations escalated to the point where a warrant was issued for her arrest.ABC Action News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The mother of two said she tried keeping her grass green, but a massive tree in her front yard and a drought that had her county impose mandatory watering restrictions last year made it difficult to maintain.<\/p>\n

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Green said that\u2019s when more notices started piling in from the HOA.<\/p>\n

She received one for minor dents in her garage, a dirty mailbox, and having a commercial\u00a0cargo van with no logos in her driveway \u2014 despite other residents in the neighborhood having similar vans.<\/p>\n

The HOA took things a step further when she failed to respond to its request and filed a lawsuit against her, demanding that she correct all the violations.<\/p>\n

Green represented herself, compiling a trove of explanations and pictures to use in her defense, all of which were rejected by the HOA and the judge.<\/p>\n

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Green said the feud with Riverview\u2019s Creek View HOA\u2019s management company began last year when she got a notice over the dead, slightly brown grass in her front yard.ABC Action News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The mom of two received one for minor dents in her garage, a dirty mailbox, and having a commercial\u00a0cargo van with no logos in her driveway \u2014 despite other residents in the neighborhood having similar vans.ABC Action News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She was given an ultimatum by the judge during her July 11, 2024, hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grass had to be brought up to par. He said you can get seed, you can do something, but you\u2019ve got 30 days to get it corrected,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n

The hardworking mom said she complied with the judge\u2019s orders and made all the necessary corrections, including selling her van and maintaining her lawn.<\/p>\n

However, the mom of two missed her next court appearance, claiming she was never personally served a notice to appear.<\/p>\n

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Green was ordered by a judge to make all the necessary corrections.ABC Action News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI reached out to the courthouse several times to try to find out when was my court date,\u201d Green claimed.<\/p>\n

The judge found her in contempt of court and issued a warrant for her arrest, allegedly at the request of the HOA\u2019s attorney,\u00a0Francis Friscia, ABC Action News\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

Green only found out about the warrant when she was pulled over after picking up her daughter from cheerleading practice on May 23.<\/p>\n

She was handcuffed and booked into the Orient Road Jail, where she found out no bond had been set.<\/p>\n

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The judge found her in contempt of court and issued a warrant for her arrest, allegedly at the request of the HOA\u2019s attorney,\u00a0Francis Friscia.ABC Action News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Green was handcuffed and booked into the Orient Road Jail, where she found out no bond had been set.HCSO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t even go home to my family. I sat in there for seven days. Seven days in the jailhouse like a criminal,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n

The mother of two was fingerprinted, had her mugshot taken, and lived alongside hardened criminals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes me feel horrible. I work hard to buy this home for me and my kids in a better neighborhood and environment and to be taken to jail and to be treated like that for brown grass at my own home \u2026 that\u2019s horrible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On May 29, Green\u2019s paralegal sister-in-law filed a petition for an emergency hearing.<\/p>\n

Friscia claims that she appeared at her court hearing in July, where the judge gave her another court date for \u201cAugust 19, 2024\u201d and was told to have the issues resolved by then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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