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3 Hubbard residents ordered to stop horn-honking
By Ed Runyan
WARREN
Another set of civil-protection-order hearings over reported malicious horn-honking in Hubbard took place in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, with three Hubbard residents being ordered to stop doing it.
Magistrate Patrick McCarthy approved protection orders against Glenn A. Reed of Hubbard-Bedford Road and Lauren Miller of Creed Street.
The orders require Reed and Miller to refrain from honking horns near the home of Garrick Krlich of East Liberty Street or asking others to do it for five years.
In another case, Edward F. Palestro III of Redwood Drive agreed to be bound by a two-year protection order preventing him from bothering Krlich and his wife, Lucinda.
All of the protection orders also contain restrictions against stalking, harassing or bothering the Krlichs.
The protection order that Krlich sought against Lauren Miller’s father, Bruce Miller, also of Creed Street, was dismissed Wednesday by agreement of Miller and Krlich.
Krlich has filed 22 requests for protection orders in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court over the past two years. As of Thursday, two are pending.
The Krliches said earlier this year they’ve been subjected to auto horn-blowing at all hours of the day and night for more than three years. They have filed 70 complaints with the Hubbard Police Department.
Garrick Krlich has said he resorted to filing protection orders, which cost money, because the police department and courts were unable to stop the problem.
Krlich installed video equipment around his home to record the incidents to use as evidence during protection order hearings.
James Taafe, Hubbard police chief, said Thursday his department has patrolled the area near the Krlich residence as much as possible to try to prevent the incidents from occurring.
“We’re trying to do the best we can with a difficult situation,” Taafe said. “We’re trying to devote as much resources to the area as we can.”
Another reason to patrol the area is to catch horn-blowers in the act, Taafe said.
He has been advised by Robert Johnson, the prosecutor for Girard Municipal Court, that officers cannot cite anyone for causing a disturbance at the Krlich home unless the officer personally witnesses the incident, Taafe said.
“We want to help resolve this man’s problem. We are taking his concerns seriously,” the chief said.
Taafe has been Hubbard police chief since August.