Residents At Long Beach Condo Complex Live In Fear From The Neighbor From Hell

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Several residents living at an apartment complex in Long Beach said they fear for their lives due to a neighbor who allegedly threatens them daily, and the neighbor's actions landed her in jail Thursday.

Yukatan Everett Mason captured a cell phone video of his neighbor, Lorrene Lake, and posted it to social media. In the now-viral video, the woman spews racial slurs, calling Mason the N-word, and saying he should be "hanging." Other videos of Lake allegedly show her blasting loud music in the middle of the night, damaging property and yelling at neighbors.

Mason said he moved into the complex, which is managed by International City Property Management, in December, and enjoyed the community and neighbors, outside of Lake.

"She [Lake] just didn't like me from the start and I never said a word to her, and it just escalated to death threats and ‘You should be hanging from this,’ and just insane stuff. People ask what's the other side of the story, and what did I do. I moved in and I was Black. Literally, that's what I did," said Mason.

Raquel Sepulveda, who has only lived in the complex since May, said she has also been targeted by Lake. She said a piece of mail belonging to Lake from property management was placed in her mailbox, and Sepulveda gave it to Lake.

On Thursday night, residents said Lake "harassed" them all night.

"She [Lake] goes, 'Hey N-word, I'm going to shoot and kill you tonight.' You're not gonna get any sleep and then she proceeds to be upset by a multitude of other things. She goes to her place, does her usual of slamming doors, screaming and blasting music," said Mason.

Mason said neighbors called the police.

Long Beach Police also said the suspect was arrested in July and the case was presented to the Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office for filing consideration.

Neighbors said back in July, Lake ended up right back at the complex, and they fear the same thing will happen again this time around.