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Resident alleges parks employee cut trees and threatened her at Fostoria council meeting
Summary
A Fostoria resident used public comment to accuse a parks employee, whom she identified as a police officer, of cutting down trees on her property and threatening her; city staff offered to follow up after the meeting.
Fostoria — During the meeting's public comment period a resident who said she lives next to Foundation Park described a multi‑day dispute with a parks employee she named as Shiloh Frankurt, alleging the employee repeatedly mowed in a way that pushed leaves and debris into her yard, cut the top off a 20‑year Austrian pine and trimmed branches of a blue spruce on April 10, then recorded and threatened her on April 11.
The resident said the parks employee told her, "you hit me and I'm going to file assault charges," and later alleged the employee "flipped me off" and recorded her when she tried to get his attention. She added that the employee is "a police officer" and said she felt the employee used that status to act with impunity. The resident said she had tolerated other impacts to be a good neighbor but had "had it. Enough is enough."
City staff member Maddie responded in the meeting, saying she was not present for the incident but offering to speak with the resident after the meeting and to refer the matter to the police department for follow‑up: "I can absolutely talk with you after the meeting ... and we can kind of talk about the incident and maybe some next steps you can take." The transcript contains no statement from the employee named by the resident and no record of formal disciplinary action or an on‑the‑record response by the police department during the meeting.
Chief Wedge previously recognized police personnel during the same meeting for life‑saving actions; however, the council did not address an internal personnel or discipline case during its session. The resident indicated she would like direction on who to contact to resolve the matter; staff offered a private follow‑up but the transcript does not show any subsequent resolution.
The council did not take formal action on the complaint during the meeting. Staff and any complainant follow‑up, official investigation or records about the employee's status would need to be confirmed with the city or police department.
