A Mean Neighbor Made a “Get Off My Lawn” Spike Strip

A Mean Neighbor Made a "Get Off My Lawn" Spike Strip

Everyone knows the “get off my lawn” stereotype of the cranky, old dude. But this guy took it to another level.

A 39-year-old man in Minnesota named Kyle Steffen was arrested after he created a homemade SPIKE STRIP for his yard earlier this year . . . to keep neighborhood children off his lawn.

A mother called police to report that Kyle was yelling at her kids . . . and when they showed up, they saw a long piece of thick plastic set in the lawn with about 40 three-inch screws sticking up from the plastic.

Officers noticed tire tracks from bikes in the yard and said it appeared neighborhood kids were riding through the yard as a shortcut to a park.

Kyle admitted to placing the device “to keep kids off of his lawn.”  He told the police he did not mean to injure anyone, only scare them . . . but police aren’t so sure, saying he “seemed frustrated the device was not effective.”

He is charged with a misdemeanor, and could be looking at 180 days in jail or a $1,000 fine.

(KARE 11)