what can be done about tresspassers?

[gonelifting]

I`ll try to explain briefly. These 2 kids about every Friday or Saturday night walk through my neighbor`s/mother-in-law`s yard (yes my neighbor is my MIL) lol That`s another subject.

They do this between about Midnight to 2 AM. They live opposite MIL`s house, back to back, but they`re too lazy to walk around the block I guess.

It`s not really a HUGE deal but you don`t want people just walking around your house in the middle of the night. They walk from the front of the house, through the gait in the back yard , THEN jump the fence seperating the 2 yards. There`s a chain on the gate that you have to physically remove to open the gate.

The cops were called before from another neighbor, but apparently that did nothing. These kids are known assholes too.

If I waited for them one night with my night vision video camera, would that do it for the cops? or maybe scare them off?

 

[WarriorPL]

Dude, since you know when they do it.... give them a good scare or maybe follow them. I bet they go and snort coke on someone elses backyard or something.

 

[biteme]

I had that problem once. We moved into a new neighborhood and the hoodlums decided to test me. They would walk right thru the middle of my yard, I would see them thru the window. I waited one day when I knew they would come walking thru, opened the door to meet them, and simply said, "Don't walk thru my yard." That's all it took. That and an intimidating look.

 

[gonelifting]

Dude, since you know when they do it.... give them a good scare or maybe follow them. I bet they go and snort coke on someone elses backyard or something.

Do you really think a good scare will be enough? They`re real assholes, I hear them yelling at each other and they`re father from my house all day long. fighting and shit in their back yard. No respect for anybody.

 

[bwood]

basically, you can call the cops and have them
advise the kids/parents of the their rights regarding
criminal trespass and request that the police
arrest them at any time after that if they spot
them on your property...

you can contact the local juvenile officers and
file a complaint with the juvenile prosecutor and
go to court with your video and other evidence...

most states case law, will allow you to order someone
off your property, then block their progress or gently
remove them, and then escalate to hard force if needed
to remove them or protect yourself...

all the above, amounts to pissing up a rope...which
is why those are the proscribed legal methods...

just get a good crossman pellet rifle...you did say that
they do this at night...

 

[gonelifting]

thanks. Maybe I`ll wait for them one night when I`m bored and energetic.

"pissing up a rope" lol never heard that before. Is that like pissing in the wind?

 

[louden_swain]

People underestimate private property rights in the United States.

Trespassing is a criminal act. . .

Here in Oklahoma, you will see signs in the cunt-ree stating "trespasser will be shot". . .of course, this is out in the sticks where the rednecks reside.

I belive them. . . uncle and I used to fish on private property until we heard gun shots.

 

[WarriorPL]

just be careful, you don't want them kicking in your car doors

 

[gonelifting]

People underestimate private property rights in the United States.

Trespassing is a criminal act. . .

Here in Oklahoma, you will see signs in the cunt-ree stating "trespasser will be shot". . .of course, this is out in the sticks where the rednecks reside.

I belive them. . . uncle and I used to fish on private property until we heard gun shots.

Can I grab em and tie them up if they`re on the property? or does it have to be in the house?

until the cops come of course.

 

[bwood]

Can I grab em and tie them up if they`re on the property? or does it have to be in the house?

until the cops come of course.

i wouldnt...and you cannot use deadly force in
defense of property (maybe still can in texas) unless
you are in your home...

technically, the model penal code allows the "use of
confinement as protective force" but you may open
yourself up to all kinds of civil liability...

and your state may not have adopted that section of
the MPC...