Neighbors who pose a threat are a serious issue. Whether they cheat, steal, vandalize, or in other ways cause problems, you have to handle it right. The Internet is not the place to post my general thoughts, and in any case I don’t have enough information to give the right answer to your situation.
Read up on how government worked in various eras, back when it worked, and try to use some form of due process, even if the final answer is final.
BTW, I have one neighbor who is a serious concern. I will keep an eagle eye on that neighbor if we reach the point where government can no longer be counted on even to the limited extent that it works today.
“Neighbors who pose a threat are a serious issue.”
Very wise observation. But what about neighbors you trust?
Signing up with a good online background-check service, is well worth a few dollars. You’re not invading anyone’s privacy, as these services only scan public records.
Also, do go to your state’s sex offender registry—which is free— where you can enter your own address, to find out how many, the addresses, and identities of sex offenders who are living within a radius of your home.
I discovered that a seemingly nice neighbor had served over a decade in prison for child rape, and is on parole. Also, I had hired another neighbor once as a yard man, a very funny, personable guy. Turns out he’s been incarcerated multiple times, from the 80s to 2008, for forgery, burglary, theft of credit cards.
Both of these individuals have told me they are hunters and possess weapons and ammo. Both claim to be born again Christians, and seem to act that way. For now.
But a more rounded-out picture of what these individuals have been capable of in the past, is very useful information to know and use wisely should a SHTF scenario arise. Either or both could turn out to valuable allies, or attackers. Neither knows that I am aware that they are felons.
For now, I’ll keep it under my hat, while making a point to NOT invite either of these individuals into my house, nor divulge my own status as a prepper.