Reply #64: Listen I have to warn you, this **** can get out of hand real fast and be very dangerous

[Drew Richards]

Do not start anything, and for Gods sake, don't talk smack to your neighbors there is always one that will spread it back to the new neighbors to make themselves feel better or superior to you...

If he is as you suspect it will be no time before he starts breaking the law and damaging/violating your and other neighbors property.

I had a neighbor in SC that was a typical ignorant poor white trash asshole who loved to shoot out my back yard porch flood lights with a pellet rifle every chance he got.
I finally caught him at it and called the police... it was a he said, he said, no proof...

This only escalated his pattern of harrasment and property destruction Windows broken, back door on my garage kicked in, equipment damaged in garage, Car tires nailed, car paint damaged...

I bought cameras and he shot them out from off camera angles.

I bought covers for the cameras and while I was gone at work the covers and cameras were destroyed and littered across the yard. No recognizable photo proof of his face only his or a hoodie type jacket covered face...no proof I could use.

It finally got to the point that I pulled out a 357 and told him one more incident on my property and i don't give a fuck I will kill him and enjoy prison...

The harassment stopped instantly for about 6 months then began again. But I am lucky that the asshole didn't call the police on me for brandishing a firearm in the city limits...I was stupid but I was so pissed off that my riding mower was, well it looked like a sledge was used on it.

Unfortunately I then had a heart attack and thankfully moved away. I pity his new neighbors.

My advise is do a hell of a lot more than just ignore him...

If he is going to be a potential ass get a security camera system recording full time all sides of your home.

As soon as any harassment, civil violations or destruction of property begins contact a lawyer, get a NOTARIZED statement of your complaint and then file it with the police...
This forces the police to open a active file on this neighbor so that complaints will get looked at as a whole and not scattered between detectives.

The notarized complaint comes from a lawyer I consulted after the first call to the police...without you showing you are serious with a notarized complaint the complaint will be filed and ignored...

Drew.