"Stop the Thumping!"... Lower-Unit Woman Kicked the Front Door Claiming 'Floor Noise'

40s Kicked Upstairs Neighbor's Door Dozens of Times
"Come Out and Fight Me," Yelled

A woman in her 40s was booked by the police for kicking the front door of the apartment above dozens of times, claiming "there is noise between floors" at an apartment in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi Province.

[Image source=Online community 'BobaeDream']

On the 14th, the Icheon Police Station booked A (49) without detention on suspicion of attempted property damage and is investigating. A is suspected of causing a disturbance by kicking the front door of the unit where the victim B lives from last month to early this month.

The incident became known after being posted on the online community 'Bobaedream.' The day before, victim B posted an article titled "A woman kicking the front door of the upstairs unit due to noise between floors in a rental apartment," expressing feeling threatened by A, who kicked the front door dozens of times and left.

According to the post, B moved in on the 1st of last month and started receiving noise complaints from A, who lives downstairs, just two weeks after moving in.

B said, "On the 7th of last month, after going out and coming back, I checked the visitors and saw an older woman ringing the doorbell." She added, "A few days later, around 11:30 p.m. on the 14th, someone rang the bell and shook the door handle violently. They shouted from outside the door, 'Stop stomping!'" She continued, "When I said, 'I'm home alone watching TV, so I'm not stomping,' a barrage of curses followed."

A cursed at B, saying, "Stop stomping, you XX," and shook the door handle violently. Startled, B asked, "This is not our house. I'm alone. Why are you coming to someone else's house at this hour?" A shouted, "Come out and fight me!" Eventually, A's husband took her away.

Despite this, A's violent behavior continued. While B was away from home from the 27th to the 31st of last month, A kicked B's front door.

B said, "When I returned home on the 31st, I found marks of someone kicking the front door and instinctively knew it was the downstairs neighbors, but I had no evidence to prove it." She added, "Later, around 11:20 p.m. on August 7th, accompanied by the sound of 8 to 9 strong kicks on the front door, my mother and I felt terrified and reported it to 112 via text message."

[Image source=Online community 'BobaeDream']

Feeling threatened, B installed a closed-circuit television (CCTV) in front of the front door. The CCTV captured A coming and kicking B's front door. In a 46-second video, A kicked the door 29 times.

B said, "I don't understand why she came up and did that when no one was home. It just seems like a simple act of retaliation."

Meanwhile, the police are investigating the detailed circumstances of the incident with A.