ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando mother says her neighborhood homeowners’ association targeted her 5-year-old son after he swung on a tree near the community bus stop.

Ariel Barner said she recently received a letter from an attorney representing the University Pines Property Owners Association, citing her child for “children swinging from tree branches and throwing rocks.”

“They are hyper in the mornings. It’s a bunch of kids out here. Everyone is happy. They are running. They have their backpacks and their folders,” Barner said. “I just never thought my son’s joy would be seen as a target or a discomfort.”

Barner said the letter labeled her son, Owen, a “public nuisance and annoyance to the neighborhood.” She was also told to pay more than $380 to cover the attorney’s fees associated with

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