{"id":251886,"date":"2026-04-30T01:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251886\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:34:27","slug":"neighbors-alarmed-by-messages-painted-across-horizon-west-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251886\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors alarmed by messages painted across Horizon West home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Would you feel safe if you saw a house like this in your neighborhood? Neighbors here in Horizon West off Emerald Berry Drive don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">We got a tip to our Neighborhood News Desk that the homeowner spray-painted the words \u201cMrs MBJ,\u201d \u201cCombat Veteran with PTSD,\u201d as well as several numbers all over the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Your Community Correspondent Jarell Baker knocked on a few doors nearby. Neighbors say they didn\u2019t want to go on camera because they believe it may escalate the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They say they\u2019ve contacted the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Orange County Code Enforcement, and their HOA multiple times in the past about this homeowner because they believe the homeowner is a threat to herself and possibly the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">So News 6 reached out to law enforcement and others asking: are they aware of this, what did they do about the situation, and is it true that they\u2019ve had to deal with this homeowner multiple times for disturbances like this? Here\u2019s what we\u2019ve received so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies with OCSO said, \u201cOur deputies went to this residence Wednesday morning for a check-on-the-well-being call. Not sure if it was a neighbor that called, but deputies responded, and no one answered. Because of the spray painting on the house, there is a belief that she might be able to use some mental health services, so our Behavioral Response Unit will follow up to offer help and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">But that\u2019s not good enough for people who live around this house. They want the person who lives here to get help immediately \u2014 for the homeowner\u2019s own safety and for theirs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They also wonder: is this even legal? Yes, you can spray paint your own home, but only if the HOA approves it if you live in an HOA neighborhood, so we\u2019re also checking with the HOA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They also want to know whether Code Enforcement has a problem with this. We checked with them, too. We\u2019ll stay on top of this and bring you answers as we get them.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Would you feel safe if you saw a house like this in your neighborhood?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12840,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-251886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-community-concerns","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}