A MAN who received a note from his neighbours criticising his parking retaliated by going on a rampage in the building they shared.

The residents appeared at a court hearing overnight in order to show the number of people he affected.

Norman Kazmierski, 71, from Niles in Illinois, US was charged with four counts of criminal damage to a motor vehicle in January after he was caught keying cars, the Niles Herald-Spectator reported.

But the full extent of his outburst has only just been revealed.

The condo's association board alleges Mr Kazmierski left faeces outside people's doors, egged the hallways and disabled the complex's emergency sprinkler system.

The association wrote a letter to the Assistant State's Attorney office, saying: "The incidents for which he is currently being charged involved a thoughtful plan to cause extensive damage against multiple unit owners of our building.

"This conduct was carried out over a substantial length of time, and done while Mr Kazmierski was aware he was being recorded, which is supported by the fact that he continually looked up into the camera while going back and forth damaging cars."

The problems began when the president of the association Gary Chase left a note on Mr Kazmierski's car asking him to park straight so other residents had more room.

Residents then started noticing scratches on their cars.

The neighbours all suspected Mr Kazmierski, and installed 23 cameras in the hope of catching him in the act. What they didn't expect was that Mr Kazmierski would not be discouraged, and would look directly into the cameras before entering the car park.

"We spent over $5,000 on cameras alone," Mr Chase said. "I got the faeces. The former condo president got eggs on his door. Another resident had his car keyed."

The residents first tried to reach out to Mr Kazmierski by inviting him to have pizza at an association meeting.

"As I recall it, Kazmierski showed up to the meeting, grabbed several slices of pizza and went upstairs," another resident, John Cushing, said. "Later we find faeces on doors."

Mr Kazmierski eventually turned himself in after police obtained copies of the security footage. He has since moved out of the building.

"We have a lot of senior citizens that live here and they were just tormented by this guy," Mr Chase said. "Since he's left, things are back to the way they were before."

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