This is a crazy story. "The Parking Nazi"

Danny Diamond

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This dude is literally the head of the night security in my building. To think this guy was in charge of our overall safety.

Geeeeeeeeez. I seriously can't get over this. I think its one of the funniest things I have ever read.


Cops nail 'parking Nazi': JP neighborhood was victimized by vigilante for years
By Laurel J. Sweet and David Weber
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - Updated: 01:20 PM EST

A self-appointed traffic judge who allegedly meted out street justice by vandalizing cars in Jamaica Plain for everything from expired stickers to parking violations was arrested yesterday after he was caught on camera keying the side of a police decoy van.


It was graying security guard Robert Feest's love for the law that was his undoing, officials said.


Cops say Feest, 44 - dubbed the ``Parking Nazi'' by local residents - has been terrorizing the Boston neighborhood for years with his ruthless respect for auto etiquette - imposing his punishments while out walking his dog.


``We (investigators) looked at each other and said five will get you 10 this guy has his dog licensed,'' said Lt. Robert Ciccolo.


His punishments featured dousing cars with chocolate syrup, spray paint and feces for infractions including out-of-state plates in residential parking spots and even offensive bumper stickers.


``What a chump,'' said Andrew Maydoney, one of Feest's dozens of alleged victims. Maydoney's crime? Parking his now scratched-up blue Volvo station wagon on his street instead of in his driveway.


Feest was allegedly caught on camera yesterday morning dragging a screwdriver along the red paint of a decoy van with Texas plates police planted outside his home on Enfield Street after being seen leaving a note on it Monday while walking his dog. Detective Melvin Ruiz made the arrest.


A Connecticut native who does security work for Verizon, Feest will be arraigned this morning in West Roxbury District Court on at least one charge of willful and malicious destruction of property.


Ciccolo, who credited Sgt. Detectives Thomas O'Leary and Bill Feeney with cracking the case, said the self-anointed traffic judge and jury ``was at the point where he was doing it two or three times a week - whenever he went out to walk that dog.''


A search warrant was being executed last night at the condo Feest has shared for the past 11 years with Ronald Monroe. ``He's innocent,'' Monroe insisted. ``I can't believe they would accuse him of doing this.''

But Maydoney said, ``If he (Feest) had a point to make, I would have stood in front of the guy and listened. But he didn't make any kind of reasonable case.''
The parking phantom spurred residents to restart a neighborhood crime watch. Some even tried to catch the vigilante themselves using hidden cameras.
``I'm a sucker for optimism,'' Maydoney said. ``We all got to know each other as neighbors. So maybe something good did come of it.''
Who was targeted
A yet-untold number of Jamaica Plain residents became victims of Robert Feest's alleged crimes of passion for the following indiscretions he found offensive:

Parking on the street if you had a driveway.

Bumper stickers and vanity plates.

Taking up more than one parking space.

Having an expired or rejected inspection sticker.
Out-of-state plates.