Hi,
1) Call the police every time he acts out or makes a threat
2) Keep a notebook log of his behaviors toward yourself AND others. Note the Date, Time and any other witnesses.
3) Are you renting? Is he? Can you complain to the landlord? Does his wife own the property? If so, is she "safe" to talk to about this?
4) Install REAL video coverage if you can, check your local regulations first.
5) Talk to the Police about any kind of "Harassment" charges you can file. Make sure you find out if it's a "criminal offense" charge(which means the District Attorney is representing you) vs a "civil offense" (Which means that you very likely would need to go to court, would probably need to hire an attorney for $250+/hr and retainer fee up front and you could lose and pay not only your attorney, but probably his attorney fees also, I know this first hand from what I went through with my problem neighbor so we went with the police, DA's office and let it proceed through the criminal court, but then again, he assaulted me, I had witnesses).
6) Since your wife is disabled, that's possibly in your favor that you may be more easily able to get some sort of protective order since you are her caretaker.
7) You said he tried to strangle you, did you call the police? Did you have witnesses? if not ALWAYS call the police with that sort of thing. If he did try to strangle you, he's an idiot - I wish my neighbor had tried that because that's a very easy thing to physically get out of and the strangler has no idea how much damage you can inflict on them when they are stupid enough to place both of their hands around your throat in front of you or from behind with an arm around your neck. Seriously, stupid on their part.
8) Do you know your other neighbors? if not, get to know them.
9) Have any of your neighbors had problems with this guy? If so, you should all keep in communication and watch each other's backs on this issue.
10) Dirtbags with a history of trouble with the law unfortunately get a free court appointed attorney every time they have a "criminal"(not civil) charge against them, and every time they are getting extensive free coaching on the letter of the local/state laws and often know the laws as well as (and sometimes) better than the police/sheriff and dirtbags know just how far they can push to the line of the law, and how to manipulate in their favor. So, keep note of that, when you make notes on your dirtbag's behavior, and he(or his attorney) claim mental illness, have any notes you can(and share this with the police) on your observations on how this person did any sort of pre-planning his moves before he made them, such as noting that he scoped out the area prior to acting just to make sure there are no other witnesses.
11) Be Proactive
12) Be Proactive
13) Be Proactive
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In response to the entry from November 5th,2015:
Hi,
1) Call the police every time he acts out or makes a threat
2) Keep a notebook log of his behaviors toward yourself AND others. Note the Date, Time and any other witnesses.
3) Are you renting? Is he? Can you complain to the landlord? Does his wife own the property? If so, is she "safe" to talk to about this?
4) Install REAL video coverage if you can, check your local regulations first.
5) Talk to the Police about any kind of "Harassment" charges you can file. Make sure you find out if it's a "criminal offense" charge(which means the District Attorney is representing you) vs a "civil offense" (Which means that you very likely would need to go to court, would probably need to hire an attorney for $250+/hr and retainer fee up front and you could lose and pay not only your attorney, but probably his attorney fees also, I know this first hand from what I went through with my problem neighbor so we went with the police, DA's office and let it proceed through the criminal court, but then again, he assaulted me, I had witnesses).
6) Since your wife is disabled, that's possibly in your favor that you may be more easily able to get some sort of protective order since you are her caretaker.
7) You said he tried to strangle you, did you call the police? Did you have witnesses? if not ALWAYS call the police with that sort of thing. If he did try to strangle you, he's an idiot - I wish my neighbor had tried that because that's a very easy thing to physically get out of and the strangler has no idea how much damage you can inflict on them when they are stupid enough to place both of their hands around your throat in front of you or from behind with an arm around your neck. Seriously, stupid on their part.
8) Do you know your other neighbors? if not, get to know them.
9) Have any of your neighbors had problems with this guy? If so, you should all keep in communication and watch each other's backs on this issue.
10) Dirtbags with a history of trouble with the law unfortunately get a free court appointed attorney every time they have a "criminal"(not civil) charge against them, and every time they are getting extensive free coaching on the letter of the local/state laws and often know the laws as well as (and sometimes) better than the police/sheriff and dirtbags know just how far they can push to the line of the law, and how to manipulate in their favor. So, keep note of that, when you make notes on your dirtbag's behavior, and he(or his attorney) claim mental illness, have any notes you can(and share this with the police) on your observations on how this person did any sort of pre-planning his moves before he made them, such as noting that he scoped out the area prior to acting just to make sure there are no other witnesses.
11) Be Proactive
12) Be Proactive
13) Be Proactive
Good Luck
November 5, 2015 - 8:38pmThis Comment
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