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WEBVTT SHE SAYS SHE’S NOT GIVING UP WITHOUT A FIGHT. >> I’VE BEEN BATTLING THIS FOR ALMOST A YEAR. I BROKE UP WITH HIM A YEAR AGO THE END OF AUGUST. KELLY: CHERYL GRECH BROKE THINGS OFF WITH 81-YEAR-OLD DEREK BRITTON ALMOST A YEAR AGO, AND SAYS IT’S BEEN A NIGHTMARE EVER SINCE. >> IT HAS BEEN A YEAR AND I’VE HAD CAMERAS OUT THERE AND EVERY TIME I’M CALLING THE POLICE AFTER HE’S ALREADY GONE. KELLY: GRECH SAYS SHE’S RECEIVED THREATENING LETTERS FROM BRITTON, HE’S PUT OIL PAINT IN HER POOL, WATER IN HER GAS TANK, AND WOKE UP ONE MORNING TO RED SPRAY PAINT ON HER WINDOWS AND GARAGE. SHE SUSPECTED BRITTON, BUT WAS TOLD SHE NEEDED TO CATCH HIM IN THE ACT. SO SHE DID. >> I WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WASN’T GOING TO GET AWAY. SO I DID WHATEVER I HAD TO DO. KELLY: BRITTON FIRST SHOWS UP ON CAMERA AROUND 11:30 TUESDAY NIGHT AND STARTS TO SPRAY PAINT THE HOUSE. >> I CAN SEE HIM ACTUALLY SPRAY PAINTING MY FRONT WINDOW. HE’S USING BLACK SPRAY PAIN THIS TIME. KELLY: GRECH WENT OUTSIDE TO CONFRONT HIM AND HE WAS GONE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. >> I HEAR BING AND I HEAR ANOTHER NOTIFICATION AND I’M LIKE, HE CAME BACK. THIS TIME HE BROUGHT A STEP STOOL IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO PAINT THE SECURITY CAMERAS, BUT IT’S TOO LATE I RAN OUTSIDE AND WE HAD AN ALTERCATION, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND I WASN’T ABOUT TO LET HIM GO, RUN AWAY, GET AWAY AGAIN. KELLY: SHE WENT TO TAKE HIS PICTURE WITH HER TABLET, BUT THINGS ESCALATED QUICKLY. GRECH AND A NEIGHBOR WERE ABLE TO HOLD BRITTON THERE UNTIL DEPUTIES ARRIVED. BRITTON WAS SERVED AN INJUNCTION JUST TWO WEEKS AGO TO STAY AWAY FROM GRECH. NOW HE FACES HALF A DOZEN CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED STALKING, SIMPLE BATTERY AND VIOLATION OF PROTE

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