The Judge Was Unfair

OHIO - An Ohio man ordered to spend five hours at a street
corner with a sign declaring he's a bully says his
sentence was unfair and the judge who gave it to
him ruined his life.

The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports that 62-
year-old Edmond Aviv for the most part ignored honking horns and people who stopped by to talk
with him Sunday in South Euclid.


But he wasn't happy with the punishment, saying,
"The judge destroyed me" and "This isn't fair at all."


Municipal Court Judge Gayle Williams-Byers ordered
62-year-old Edmond Aviv to display the sign for five hours Sunday.

The judge selected the wording
for it: "I AM A BULLY! I pick on children that are
disabled, and I am intolerant of those that are
different from myself.

My actions do not reflect an
appreciation for the diverse South Euclid
community that I live in."

The Northeast Ohio Media Group reported that Aviv
arrived at the corner with the sign just before 9 a.m.


Within a couple of minutes, a passing motorist
honked a car horn.

Later in the morning, he was
sitting in a chair holding the hand-lettered sign in
front of him.

Court records show Aviv pleaded no contest in
February to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct
charge.

His attorney didn't respond to a request for
comment Sunday.


Aviv has feuded with his neighbor Sandra Prugh
for the past 15 years, court records show.

The most recent case stemmed from Aviv being annoyed at
the smell coming from Prugh's dryer vent when she
did laundry, according to court records.

In
retaliation, Aviv hooked up kerosene to a fan,
which blew the smell onto Pugh's property, the
records said.

Prugh has two adult adopted children with
developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy and
epilepsy; a husband with dementia, and a
paralyzed son.

Prugh said in a letter to the court that Aviv had
called her an ethnic slur while she was holding her adopted black children, spit on her several times,
regularly threw dog feces on her son's car
windshield, and once smeared feces on a
wheelchair ramp.
"I am very concerned for the safety of our family,"
Prugh wrote in a letter to the court for Aviv's sentencing.

She said she just wants to live in peace.

The judge also ordered Aviv to serve 15 days in jail
and to undergo anger management classes and
counseling.

He also had to submit an apology letter
to Prugh.
"I want to express my sincere apology for acting irrationally towards your house and the safety of
your children," Aviv wrote. "I understand my
actions could have caused harm but at that time I
was not really thinking about it."