WALLS OF SILENCE

SECTION 6 TITLE 6.2 FAILURE TO PROVIDE FIT PREMISES

 

 

The property is owned by Donald Kylberg, a mostly absent figure from Coon Rapids, Minnesota. His property management team, led by Anthony Anderson (who now calls himself the "caretaker") and Rick Newmann (the "maintenance man"), are the more prominent figures. When I first moved in, the building was clean, with only a faint odor of cats in one unit, and it seemed like a manageable place. However, as vacant units were filled, conditions worsened, and it became clear that the property violated the Implied Warranty of Habitability. Despite repeated requests for repairs, nothing was done, which I suspect is retaliation for confronting Rick Newmann about sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior.

Subpart 2. Absence of The Property Owner

In my experience, the property management team is central to these issues. I've never seen Mr. Kylberg on-site, which I believe allows the problems to persist unchecked. Rick and Anthony, both close friends, enable each other’s actions. Anthony is dating a tenant, Sandra, whose sister, Margaret, lives below me and is responsible for animal neglect. This has led to uninhabitable conditions, including animal waste in the common areas, biting bugs (likely fleas), and fumes from waste that cause severe health issues in my unit. There is also a massive cockroach infestation.

Subpart 3. Anthony Anderson Is Unresponsive

Anthony seems to support Rick in avoiding accountability, and Rick manipulates situations by sending fake notices, threatening evictions, tampering with mail, surveilling tenants, and posting harassing signs. This has created a hostile living environment, where tenants are intimidated into silence. Requests for repairs are met with hostility or the threat of constructive eviction, leading tenants to feel it's better to rely on their personal support networks than deal with management, who have been involved in sexual harassment and physical battery in the rental office.

Subpart 4. City Officials Are Insincere and Unresponsive

Every professional I've spoken to—pest control specialists, law enforcement, or city officials—are aware of the persistent issues surrounding the building, including the strong smell and troubling activities. Local law enforcement has even stated the city has essentially given up on the property. The conditions reflect this neglect, with trash, drug paraphernalia by my door, and sick animals defecating inside the building, which property management leaves for weeks without addressing. Maintenance is inconsistent at best, and the environment has left me socially isolated, unable to invite guests due to the appalling conditions.

Subpart 5. The Property Management is The Problem onsite

The worst example of the unsanitary living conditions is Rick Newmann’s front door, rick again is the Rental Office and seems to be a source of most issues. Animal waste, filth, sexual harassment, retaliatory stalking, and property damage have made living conditions unbearable.

Subpart 6: Renting Here Due to Reported, Unresolved Federal Fraud.

My situation has been further complicated by housing authority fraud since February 28, 2019, which I am victim to. What’s happened because of that and HUD refusal to correct it,  limits my options now and moving forward.

Subpart 7. Move-Out Hindered by Unresponsive Property Owner

Despite ongoing extermination efforts by Plunket’s Pest Control since August 28, 2024, the roach infestation persists. To prevent the infestation from spreading, I must use special containers for my belongings and leave behind infested furniture. Without proper arrangements, I risk facing an Unlawful Detainer, further jeopardizing my ability to recover nearly $19,000 in losses, due to the racially motivated lack of law and order in Minnesota which has already prevailed—even prior to February 28, 2019.

Subpart 8. Property Has Ignored City Repair Orders

The continued failure to maintain sanitary conditions has severely impacted my ability to care for myself. City inspector Steve Carson has shown no concern, granting leniency to the property despite the toll on my health and well-being. Inspections on September 20, 2024, and November 14, 2024, have resulted in no improvements, leaving the property in clear violation of housing and health codes. Management admits no efforts have been made and city Inspector admits he order the property to make repairs on September 20, 2024,  in documented video "Exhibit 10624A-91" on the website.

Subpart 9. Property Condition Is Gender-Based Discrimination Retaliation—Sexual Harassment

This supports my position that Filth, Infestation and Broken Appliances are retaliatory acts for blocking property manager Rick Newmann’s attempts to sexually groom me, the subsequent sexual advance in the rental office and refusal to respond to Newmann at all outside of official residential business. This is a case rooted in gender-based discrimination. The conditions are a punishment from a man who would have to have a history of sexual and domestic violence based on his behavior with me a tenant and complete stranger.

Subpart 10. Afraid of Aggressive Property Manager

I firmly believe Rick Newmann is a dangerous individual, based on his interactions with me and his behavior toward women on the property. This is reflected in the condition of the hallways and common areas, where I’ve repeatedly found drug paraphernalia—such as wrappers—left directly outside my door, despite there being four units on the floor.

Subpart 11. Drug Paraphernalia Left Near My Door

Additionally, Sarah, Rick's girlfriend, frequently lingers outside my door or nearby instead of staying in her own apartment, often with the resident across the hallway. Whether this is negligence after Sarah’s drug use or an attempt to implicate me in drug activity by a retaliatory property manager, the impact is the same. I simply walk around the mess and move on rather than engage management, though it remains distressing. There are overhead surveillance cameras to see who’s responsible. In every scenario where management and their guest are the actual culprits, they’ve claimed the camera saw nothing. This leads me to believe the two are responsible.

Subpart 12. Battery In Rental Office, Stalking

Sarah, as a guest of Rick, has also physically assaulted me in the rental office on January 30, 2024, leaving me feeling unsafe and unable to assertively address the building’s conditions, infestations, and broken appliances. During the attack, I didn’t feel safe defending myself, which only emboldened her to invade my personal space further. Property owner Don Kylberg and Rick Newmann were aware of Sarah’s stalking prior to assault and negligently refused to enforce the Residential Lease Agreement which could have prevented the physical assault. This is a Hostile Living Environment.

Subpart 13. Call To Action

Please consider this evidence carefully and share it widely. My hope is that you’ll not only read this but also help spread awareness. If you feel inclined, a donation would allow me to leave these dangerous jurisdictions. The more people who see the undeniable truth, the harder it will be for those involved to continue scheming in the shadows. Increased scrutiny may finally compel them to enforce the law properly and legally.

Subpart 14. Lies Made This Effort Necessary

Their actions against me are rooted in lies. My response is to present the truth—through evidence and testimony—louder and clearer than ever before, in a way they cannot suppress or manipulate. Only then might I finally achieve justice and begin to rebuild my life, starting with holding this real estate property accountable for its wrongs.

GRAPHIC PHOTO EVIDENCE

 

Drug paraphernalia found alarmingly close to my door. I suspect it is methamphetamine, a powerful stimulant that affects the central nervous system, as there is no scent or residue present. 

Drug paraphernalia left directly by my door—again, as if to imply it belongs to me. These items are never found elsewhere in the building.

Illicit Drugs. This is a Residential Lease Violation. If you look to Section 3 Title 3.3 you'll see that the property is under video surveillance whomever consumed this or left this is visible on camera but no lease violations were issued because apartment manager Rick Newmann's invitee (girlfriend) is the only person that "hangs out" just to the left of my door and this is where the paraphernalia is always left. Outside of Sarah; property management is the only one that comes to the top floor. When Sarah is outside my door 'having a party' for hours its usually with the neighbor directly across from me. 

If you look at Section 3 Title 3.2 you'll see that Rick Newmann cited that I was 'caught on camera' in the warning that I was issued so this is verification the camera work and they are checked. Also, I wasn't "caught" on camera; he saw me on camera-as intended-defending myself against he and his invitee's (girlfriends) harassment for rejecting (by ignoring) inebriated social invitations and because Newmann tampered with my mail and was corrected. As an abusive person with a strong "male privilege" presenting profile, Newmann was lashing out in anger over being corrected by a woman in official capacity.

This is the bottom floor leading to the laundry room and rear parking lot, where the dumpster is located. The apartment manager and "rental office" are to the left, and Anthony Anderson’s (the other property manager), Newmann’s his best friend's girlfriend’s sister Margret, is to the right. This area is relatively clean compared to the daily conditions I’ve witnessed.

This is property manager Rick Newmann’s apartment and rental office. You can see the white stuff that is scattered all over the building on his rug; it’s coming from his unit.

The bottle, which appears to be a can of oil, may very well be Newmann's personal spy camera because he places it so strategically in the same spot every day. This seems to be one of his "sneaky" activities that he likes to engage in when people are not around. He's an older man who claims to have a bad back and mobility problems, yet it doesn't seem to bother him to position this bottle and retrieve it days later. I don’t know—I’ve never gotten close to it. Maybe it’s just an oil can.

However, my suspicion is that the hole in the label is a camera lens because he’s the type of perverse, intrusive, deviant individual who becomes excited by the thought of how "clever" he is, believing that "no one knows." Like a serial habit, his perceived cleverness seems to be part of the thrill of his abusive tendencies.

That’s why I have to keep an eye on this man, watching me. I am not nosy; he’s the last person I want to look at or think about. However, I have no intention of letting him catch me off guard because everything in me says this man is a "highly dangerous predator." If he’s not capable of lethal acts, then why do I feel like I have to protect myself from more than just sexual harassment—why does it feel like I’m guarding against death, day in and day out?

This is Margaret’s door, with the mess leading to her unit. The building’s management is responsible for maintaining these conditions. If this is how they handle the hallways, imagine what’s happening inside the units. It will be a long time, if ever, before the bug infestation is eliminated from a property like this. I need to be reimbursed for hundreds of dollars spent on chemicals to combat smells and infestations inside my apartment coming from these tenant’s areas.

These are wet animal stains from tenants allowing their animals to use the common areas.

An animal has urinated on the steps, and on the third-to-last step, it has also defecated. Again they just leave  it set—this can go on days, weeks, the smell just dominating! Even inside your apartment, they don’t care—management included. Property manager Rick Newmann is comfortable in this environment he walks barefoot through it most of the time. It’s a carpeted litter box. You can’t get in or out without being subjected to it.

SOME TIMELINE INSIGHT

This photo is crucial evidence supporting my claim that apartment manager Rick Newmann’s "notes" are not about property matters but are instead personal attacks and threats meant to intimidate, harass, and coerce. Newmann targeted me with months of abusive behavior after I rejected his sexual advances in the rental office, which made me feel unsafe. He followed up with two months of inappropriate, unsolicited, and sexually harassing text messages disguised as "romantic" but were demeaning and controlling.

When I refused to engage, Newmann escalated his harassment by using emergency property keys to open my federal mailbox, leaving an intimidating letter accusing me of misconduct. This act sabotaged my housing security while continuing his pattern of harassment, which included stealing and destroying my grill, taunting me outside my window, and stuffing my mailbox to jeopardize my address confidentiality status—all in retaliation for ignoring his unwanted advances.

When I wrote "Stop" on the letter, Newmann issued an eviction notice that same day. The photos clearly show the filthy state of the building, proving the note had nothing to do with trash or property management and everything to do with a sexual predator abusing his position to retaliate against me for refusing his advances.

Two weeks later, the building remains filthy, as seen here, on the day of the first extermination treatment. It was still thick with the smell of animal waste when exterminators we’re in the building. 

The roach infestation originated from this unit, and instead of addressing the problem, the manager spent at least seven months superficially cleaning the space to mislead exterminators into believing it wasn’t the source. Meanwhile, the rest of the building continued to suffer from the infestation spilling out of his apartment.

The apartment manager’s unit, which also serves as a rental property, remains filthy even after two weeks of supposed cleaning. This ongoing issue is a major source of filth throughout the building—not only inside the unit but also in common areas and other apartments, as the mess tracks into neighboring spaces.

When I first reported roaches in my unit in February, he deflected blame onto the units across the hall. His behavior reveals a deliberate effort to hide the truth. If prospective tenants saw the reality of this property, they wouldn’t sign a lease. Instead, he created a false image to secure my lease, profiting $9,100 from these conditions.

This photo was taken on September 25, 2024, five days after the City Inspector allegedly inspected the property for code violations. As you can see, it remains filthy, as property manager Rick Newmann clearly wasn’t expecting another government official to visit. On City Inspection day, the building was clean, and Newmann was especially friendly, just as he was when I applied, signed my lease, and during the HUD inspection. But when no one is watching, he’s a completely different person—the moment the 'alleged' inspector left, he returned to who he truthfully is.

Here we see the main source of the urination and defecation stains, evident by their concentration leading up to the door. This is Margaret’s apartment, the sister of Anthony Anderson’s girlfriend, Sandra. This explains why lease violations are not issued, animal control is not called, and there is no effort to prevent animals from using the common areas as a bathroom. The smell of decomposing flesh permeates both the common areas and the units due to this ongoing, “protected” “lease violation”, 2 fraudulent retaliatory warnings we’re posted to my Soulaan door in comparison.

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