I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT HAS BEEN STEALING MY NEWSPAPER. HOW SHOULD I HANDLE IT?

Fill the bag with baby powder.

Here's the story in a nutshell.

I'm 24 years old. There's a man who lives down the street from me and I'd guess he's in his 50's.

When I first got my driver's license 8 yrs ago I had an altercation with him. He walks his dog on my street and I passed by him going to my house and he felt like I was speeding. When I pulled in my driveway he followed me and came on to my property and walked down my driveway to where I was parked.

He started yelling at me about speeding and told me he would report me to the police in the future. I more or less told him to go ahead and he left.

Ever since then, whenever I drive passed him while he's walking his dog, he stares me down with what I would describe as "crazy eyes." He stares me down the whole time I am driving up to him and when I pass him he'll stop and turn around in the street and continue to stare me down as I'm driving off.

And this happens EVERY time we pass each other.

Recently, when I was heading to class one morning his wife is out walking. As I'm approaching her she looks at me very menacingly and throws her hands on her hips and stomps her foot in the street and yells "YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN!!!!" when I pass by her. The speed limit in the neighborhood is 25 and I looked at my speedometer when she started yelling at I was doing about 28.

The other day my mother was out in the front yard doing some yard work and the man was out walking his dog and he stared her down the same way he does me.

Now I'm a little pissed.

But that's all just background.

There have been numerous times that my sunday paper has gone missing. We have checked with the delivery service and it was indeed delivered so obviously someone is stealing it.

The man walks his dog in the early mornings and always passes by our house. The paper is left at the end of the driveway. He is the only possible person who I would suspect of stealing it.

So my question to you all is what is the best way to go about handling it?

Here's my solution:

I will be up when the paper is delivered and covertly monitor my driveway from inside the house.

I will record in my digital cam when he walks by and will have video of him committing the theft.

Next I will call 911 on my cell and follow him to his house in my vehicle. I will inform the dispatcher that a neighbor had just burglarized my property and I'm sitting in front of his house and about to go and confront him.

I'm pretty sure that will result in multiple police units be dispatched quickly to the location. I'll show the cops the video and press charges.

Since the news paper is only about $2.00 it will only be a petty larceny.

Since he came onto my property illegally and stole an item from my property can there be any additional charges such as criminal tresspass or burglary?

Any thoughts, opinions, or insight as to how I handle this would be greatly appreciated.

ok everyone,

i smoked some cannabis a little while ago, and my mind now processes the situation differently.

before i smoked i felt irritation and anger (which are very destructive emotions) which prevents one from viewing a situation from all of its' angles.

right now i'm seeing things from a more enlightened perspective. if i do something provacative (ie put feces in paper, call police, etc) that's only going to inflame things.

you don't put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

right now, i'm the one in control, not him.

if i did something inflamatory, there is no possible place things can go from there but down. in the long run it will not lead to anything positive.

right now there exists negative emotions between the two of us. if it were possible for there to be a situation where there was no bad energy between the two of us and maybe there could be postive feelings, why not take that approach.

so rather than try to seek vengence or revenge, why not try to pursue actions that would bury the hatchet and could possibly even lead to friendship?

cool, replace the paper with an alternative / new age rag of your choice

Be careful. I have an old fucking dick head neighbor. Have had to pay some serious fines because of him...I tried to retaliate by parking a friends car in front of his place....he almost had it towed and reported me to neighborhood svcs. The old fucks are the worst, they have no concept of "reason".