For the past 18 months, Nate Weaver has been at odds with the borough of Tidioute.
 
"When I tell you what's happening, you won't believe me in a million years that this would ever happen," Weaver said.  "I am in what the judge calls an escalating war between a municipality and a citizen."
 
A couple of years ago, Weaver bought two properties in Tidioute, with the intention of fixing them up.
 
"In my spare time, I worked on them quite a bit," he said.  "Never in a million years did I ever think I would get singled out the way I have and get treated the way I have by a town."
 
According to Weaver, last March, he began receiving violation notices from the borough over the conditions of his properties.
 
"Pretty much they were complaining that the houses had peeling paint," he said.  "They were vacant houses for a long time.  They would have peeling paint."
 
Weaver claims he was given 15 days to fix the properties, and after that timeframe, the fines began piling up.
 
"I asked multiple times for an extension from them," Weaver said.  "They would tell me at the office, we can't answer that."
 
He ended up receiving 50 citations, which he challenged in court.
 
Based on court transcripts, a judge found that the borough was seeking $550 thousand from Weaver and called the request ludicrous.
 
"They asked him in excess of $550 thousand," Weaver said.  "Like 50 times more than the houses were worth when I purchased them."
 
We stopped by the borough office to get their side of the story. We were told to contact the borough's solicitor, Andrea Stapleford.
 
After contacting her office, we were told no comment.
 
While working on the properties, Weaver claims he was met with hostility.
 
He provided us with a video of his vehicle being attacked.
 
"I'm stuck and locked in my car," he said.  "State police are 30 minutes out.  I was trapped.  I thought I was going to die."
 
Attorney Sara Flasher initially served as Weaver's lawyer in this case.
 
"The amount of citations is extreme," Flasher said.  "The amount of emotion from township personnel that I've met is extreme. I'm not sure what to relate that to."
 
Erie News Now spoke to several neighbors who expressed concern about doing an on-camera interview.  
 
However, they tell us that the letters F, K and U were painted on one of the properties, which offended a lot of the neighbors.
 
In a follow-up interview, Weaver said that the letters are named after an LLC that he created.
 
"The name is fitting for the way they are treating me," Weaver said.  "It was a non-violent way to say 'I don't like the way you're treating me,' and it worked.  They didn't like it, and I think it was a small annoyance to them compared to the constant harassment I was facing."
 
Meanwhile, Weaver has since sold the properties and has had 31 of the citations dismissed.
 
However, he doesn't think he should have to pay the borough anything.
 
"I want to get away from this," he said.  "I don't own the houses anymore.  I don't see why this is still ongoing."