Complaint about heat leads to possible criminal investigation

A complaint about heat in an apartment at the Fountainhead complex in Harrison Twp., which triggered an eviction notice, now apparently has turned into a possible criminal investigation accusing the manager of trying to break down the door to get at the complainant.

Amy Wornstaff telephoned WHIO-TV on Tuesday night to tell us her daughter’s apartment had no heat and that her daughter had complained to the management at the Fountainhead, 5610 N. Main St.

On Wednesday, WHIO-TV aired a story about the situation, interviewing Wornstaff in her daughter’s apartment.

By Wednesday night, the manager at the Fountainhead, identified as Carol Adkins, had given Wornstaff’s daughter, Heather Honeycutt, a 30-day notice to vacate the apartment.

Wornstaff has until Dec. 22 to get out, according to the letter, because “you can not [sic] have or show respect for the Management team here, knowing that every day we have Quality Heating And Control out here to repair the problem and it is still not enough for you.”

According to the letter, Wornstaff and Honeycutt “have been proven wrong” in their allegations that there had been no heat in the apartment for four to five weeks. There has not been four weeks of freezing weather and “we have not heard anything from you until the news…”

According to the letter, “we are letting you out of your lease to go somewhere else with no problems, apparently you are not happy and we don’t want people to live here that don’t like it where they live, I am sorry but I feel this is our only recourse at this time.

“…We would like to fill the apartments with people who will respect us and work with us not against us.”

Thursday, WHIO-TV Reporter Caroline Reinwald was able to get an incident report Honeycutt filed with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, accusing Adkins and at least two other women who were with her of trying to break through the door of her apartment late Wednesday night.

WHIO-TV also has a recording of Honeycutt’s 9-1-1 call to the sheriff’s office.

“They’re pounding on it,” she tells the dispatcher, referring to the door of her apartment. “I’m so scared! I’ve got a one-year-old daughter in here…. They’re kicking in my door right now!”

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