Hide Transcript Show Transcript

WEBVTT WHATHAPPENED WHEN HE WENT LOOKINGFOR ANSWERS.REPORTER: YES, AS IT TURNS OUTTHIS NEIGHBOR IS FACING SEVERALCHARGES HERE LOCALLY.WHEN WE WENT TO SPEAK WITH HERTONIGHT, SHE PRETENDED TO BESOMEONE ELSE.A PEACEFUL SUBURBAN SANCTUARY.THAT'S WHAT JAMES AND LEE ANNFOREMAN HOPED TO FIND WHEN THEYMOVED TO BETHEL PARK TWO YEARSAGO.JAMES, AN AIR FORCE VETERAN, ANDHIS WIFE A WESTERN PENNSYLVANIANATIVE.BUT THEY SAY THEIR NEXT-DOORNEIGHBOR HAS MADE PEACEIMPOSSIBLE.>> I'M AT MY WIT'S END, SORRY.>> IT'S EMOTIONAL.REPORTER: THEY LIVE ON ROLLINGGREEN DRIVE.THE WOMAN LIVING NEXT-DOOR ISNAMED PAMELA.HER LAST NAME SEEMS TO DEPEND ONTHE DAY OF THE WEEK.PAMELA WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLEASSAULT IN AUGUST AS PAMELALATTA AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKTHEIR GARDNERS.POLICE SAY SHE PICKED UP THREEBRICKS FROM HER PATIO AND BEGANTHROWING THEM AT ONE OF THEGARDNERS, STRIKING HIS RIGHTARM.>> SHE HAD A BRICK AND WAS LIKETHIS, GOING TO HIT HIM, AND HISPARTNER YELLED, AND HE TURNEDAROUND AND JUST GOT HIT IN THEARM OR THE SHOULDER WITH THEBRICK.REPORTER: THEY SAY THISSURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HER ONTHEIR PROPERTY UNLOCKING THEIRGATES AFTER MIDNIGHT, A BIGCONCERN BECAUSE THEY OWNMULTIPLE DOGS WHO COULD EASILYRUNAWAY OR GET HIT BY A CAR.THE FOREMANS OF SON SAY BE HE'SSERIOUSLY CONCERNED.>> SHE WILL DO ANYTHING, I THINKTHIS WOMAN IS CAPABLE OFANYTHING.REPORTER: PAMELA WAS CHARGEDWITH LOITERING AND PROWLING INSEPTEMBER BUT HAS MULTIPLE PASTCHARGES AS PAMELA MEDLEY.IN 2012 SHE WAS CHARGED AFTERSHE TRIED TO GET A CRIMINAL CASEDISMISSED BY SNEAKING INTO THEALLEGHENY COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICEWITH FORGED DOCUMENTS AIMPERSONATING A PARALLEL, ASSEEN IN THIS SURVEILLANCEFOOTAGE.POLICE SAID SHE PREVIOUSLY HADIMPERSONATED EMERGENCY OFFICIALSAND TRIED TO POISON ATTORNEYSWITH A SMOOTHY.THEY SAY SHE ALSO PRETENDED TOBE DEAD.PAMELA SPENT YEARS IN PRISONAFTER INSURANCE CHARGESFOLLOWING A LARGE FIRE IN NEWMEXICO, WHERE SHE WENT BY THENAME SHELLY WALLACE.SHE KEPT PRETENDING.ARE YOU PAMELA?>> NO, I'M MARY GREEN.REPORTER: WE'RE LOOKING FORPAMELA.>> SHE IS OUT OF TOWN RIGHT NOW.SHE'S A SAILOR, SHE'LL BE BACKIN ABOUT 10 DAYS.REPORTER OKAY.SO YOU'RE NOT PAMELA MEDLEY?>> NO, WE LIVE TOGETHER.I OWN THE HOUSE.REPORTER: THIS IS GOING TO BE ONTV AT 11:00 TONIGHT, SO THIS ISVERY SERIOUS AND WE'D LIKE TOHAVE BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.>> WE'LL SEE.I HAVE NO COMMENT.REPORTER: OKAY, SO YOU'RE MARYANN?SO YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT PAMELA,BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS POINTED ATAND YOU SAID YOU'RE PAMELA.>> NO.MARY AND I LOOK ALIKE, BUT NO.REPORTER: WERE WE MISTAKEN?WE WENT BACK AND SHOWED THATVIDEO TO THE FOREMANS, WHO SAIDTHEY ARE AFRAID OF THIS WOMANREGARDLESS OF THE NAME SHEUSING.REPORTER: SHE SAID MARY AND ILOOK ALIKE, BUT AT THE BEGINNINGSHE SAID SHE WAS MARY.IN THE END THE FOREMANS SAY THEYHAVE SPENT OVER $1,000 ONSECURITY CAMERAS OUT OF FEAR.THEY ARE CALLING FOR LOCALAUTHORITIES TO PURSUE TOUGHER

Advertisement Bethel Park woman charged with prowling and assault in alleged harassment of her neighbors A Bethel Park couple is pleading for local authorities to take more extensive action to stop alleged harassment from their next door neighbor. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

A Bethel Park couple is pleading for local authorities to take more extensive action to stop alleged harassment from their next door neighbor. Lee Anne and James Foreman moved into their home on Rolling Green Drive in 2015 and said they immediately ran into trouble with the woman living in the home next door. Court records reveal she goes by multiple names, including Pamela Latta, Pamela Medley and Shelley Wallace. When Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Beau Berman interviewed her Friday, she initially said her name is Mary Anne Breen before later she later said her name is Mary Ann Drudy. In reality, her first name is in fact Pamela. The woman who owns the home she lives in is named Mary Ann Drudy. The Foremans said they are afraid to leave their home after actions taken by Latta/Medley over the last two years. Latta was charged with simple assault in August after she attacked one of the Foremans' landscapers with bricks, according to a criminal complaint. According to that complaint, Latta “picked up three bricks from her patio and began throwing them” at a landscaper with Paslow Landscaping. “She had a brick and she was like this and was going to hit him, and his partner yelled, and he turned around and just got hit in the arm or the shoulder with the brick. She proceeded to pick the brick up and throw it at him,” said Mrs. Foreman. Police said Latta admitted to becoming upset and admitted to throwing the bricks, but said she was aiming for a lawnmower. The Foremans and their son, Matthew, who is an attorney, believe that Latta should have been charged with something more severe than simple assault, such as aggravated assault or attempted homicide. Latta was criminally charged once again in September. Criminal court dockets indicate she was charged with “loitering and prowling at nighttime.” The Foremans have surveillance video they said captures Latta on their property opening several gates that the Foremans depend on to keep their multiple dogs safe and secure. In 2012, WTAE reported on a case in which Latta was charged after police said she tried to dupe the Allegheny County district attorney. Police said then-60-year-old Pamela Medley was held on charges after a preliminary hearing following the release of surveillance video. Police said Medley tried to get a criminal case dismissed by walking into the district attorney’s office with forged documents, and pretending to be a paralegal. Police said she also pretended to be dead, impersonated emergency officials, tried to drug attorneys and wrote a forged a check for thousands of dollars. She also faced prior charges in New Mexico. Federal prosecutors said Medley tried to pull off an elaborate con as part of a scheme to steal $329,000 from the federal government that was intended for victims of the May 2000 Cerro Grande wildfire. A federal jury heard the case in 2002 and convicted Medley on 23 counts including money laundering and fraud. She served a six-year prison sentence. She appealed in 2005 and was resentenced to eight years. It was found that under the name Shelley Wallace, she sought reimbursement for items including Persian rugs, oil paintings, jewelry with precious gemstones, and a horse following the fire. Shelley Wallace was a friend of Medley who died in 1983. Latta is Pamela’s maiden name and Medley is her married name, according to past reports. Courts records show that in 1996, Medley was accused of trying to “electrocute” a lawyer’s computer and of delivery seven smoothies to defense attorneys containing an anti-psychotic drug. The drug, thioridazine, has side effects ranging from drowsiness to dizziness to seizures and even death. Court records show Medley was caught on surveillance footage bringing the smoothies to the law office. According to a 2012 report in the Los Alamos Monitor Online, she was accused of forging a $6,354 check in May 2011 belonging to the head of a Pittsburgh-area Alzheimer’s support group. "I'm at my wit's end,” said Mrs. Foreman. She said her family is living in fear because of what they have seen their neighbor do. Their son reached out to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 to tell their story. “They’re very kind people. They’re senior citizens. They’re grandparents. They’re retired. I love them. They’re my parents,” said Foreman.He said he is worried about the neighbor’s potential.“She will do anything. I think this woman is capable of anything,” said Foreman. Reporter Beau Berman visited the neighbor’s house to speak with her on Friday. "You're Pamela?” asked Berman. "No, I'm Mary Breen,” the woman said. "OK. We're looking for Pamela,” Berman said. "She is out of town right now. She's a sailor. She'll be back probably in about 10 days,” the woman responded. "OK. So you're not Pamela Medley?" said Berman. "No, we live together,” she said. "Pamela Latta?" asked Berman. "I own the house,” she said. "This is going to be on TV at 11 o'clock tonight, so this is very serious and we'd like to have both sides of the story,” said Berman. "We'll see. I have no comment. Thank you,” the woman said. "OK, so you're Mary Ann?" asked Berman. "Drudy,” she said. "So you're definitely not Pamela? Because the neighbors pointed at you and said you're Pamela,” said Berman. Then she slipped up. "Nope. Mary and I look alike,” she said. Pamela Latta/Medley had just referred to the other woman as Mary even though she had introduced herself as Mary when she first opened the door. Berman went back to the Foremans and showed them the video. “That’s Pam,” they both said. Lee Anne Foreman described the last two years as a nightmare. “It was very unsettling, just that someone could do that and nothing’s done about it. It’s been awful. She makes threatening gestures. She screamed and let off on my husband a couple of times. She’s tried to poison people before obviously, by the records. I’m afraid of what she’s going to do to my doggies. Something has to be done and we need help,” Foreman said. The Foremans said they have spent more than $1,000 on security camera equipment, and they continue to question why local authorities can’t upgrade the charges against their neighbor.