What is the name of your state? Kansas
It seems that trouble will always find me. We have a neighbor, at the house we just purchased 6 mos. ago. The man is crazy (verified by the other neighbors that have lived in the cul-de-sac longer than we have). From all of the rusted and broken crap all over his property to tanning outside naked while the neighborhood kids play in the cul-de-sac, the man is clearly sick in the head. The other day, he decides that he does not like where my sump pump drains, so he digs a hole to collect water and comes on my property bends my fence and yanks the pipe (a whole 6 inches) to "divert the flow" of water. I have no physical evidence that he did it but it is obvious by his other actions (i.e. digging the whole, building a mud barrier to divert the water). The police say that I can't do anything about it because I never "told him" to stay off my property. I have since done so but is that really the law? If someone shoplifts or if someone break a window or fence or front door of another persons property, is it OK because they were never told not to do it? Why is trespassing and vandalism not against the law in this case? We get along well with everyone else in the neighborhood and all of us consider him the "Black eye" of our cul-de-sac. I don't think that we did anything to deserve the harassment and I am scared for the my Wife's safety and the safety of my pets (we found peanut shells by our fence that may have been poisoned, of course, my Wife threw them away before she told me about them). What can I do, legally? Post signs? Set up cameras? Press charges? Please help and let me know if you need more information.
Thanks
It seems that trouble will always find me. We have a neighbor, at the house we just purchased 6 mos. ago. The man is crazy (verified by the other neighbors that have lived in the cul-de-sac longer than we have). From all of the rusted and broken crap all over his property to tanning outside naked while the neighborhood kids play in the cul-de-sac, the man is clearly sick in the head. The other day, he decides that he does not like where my sump pump drains, so he digs a hole to collect water and comes on my property bends my fence and yanks the pipe (a whole 6 inches) to "divert the flow" of water. I have no physical evidence that he did it but it is obvious by his other actions (i.e. digging the whole, building a mud barrier to divert the water). The police say that I can't do anything about it because I never "told him" to stay off my property. I have since done so but is that really the law? If someone shoplifts or if someone break a window or fence or front door of another persons property, is it OK because they were never told not to do it? Why is trespassing and vandalism not against the law in this case? We get along well with everyone else in the neighborhood and all of us consider him the "Black eye" of our cul-de-sac. I don't think that we did anything to deserve the harassment and I am scared for the my Wife's safety and the safety of my pets (we found peanut shells by our fence that may have been poisoned, of course, my Wife threw them away before she told me about them). What can I do, legally? Post signs? Set up cameras? Press charges? Please help and let me know if you need more information.
Thanks