Inside a quiet neighborhood in Shakopee, Minnesota, police have grown wary of a raging personal feud.
What started as a dispute over a shared driveway between neighbors Juan Salas and Jessica Keil has spiraled into one of the most expensive use of public resources for a feud in the city’s recent memory.
Police have been called to the same address 232 times in a single year, spending more than 260 hours on scene, according to the Shakopee Police Department [1]. What began as a personal conflict has now turned into a public-resource crisis — one that has cost local taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
A tale of two neighbors: Driveway divided
The driveway at the center of this dispute has been shared for decades, an unremarkable strip that both neighbors rely on for access. But that shared space has become a a constant source of headache…