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The next-door couple is separating--she threw him out today (according to another neighbor). I don;t know if he had been drinking when the incident with our fence happened about 2 hours ago (I was indoors, but DH witnesses it). Anyway, DH saw him fiddling with his very large, 10+ ft ladder, which had been resting against their chimney breast. DH thought perhaps he needed help with cleaning his gutters, though he didn;t say anything (the neighbor may not have even known DH was there). DH saw him violently grab the his ladder, and fling it a few feet over, onto our fence, breaking a screen door (DH had just removed it to replace it, but wanted to keep it), and may have broken a window we stashed there (the ones we replaced over the weekend--even though they were to be trashed, we still don;t want broken glass all over. We stash stuff over there until bulk trash day.) The neighbor just walked away, knowing he had done this. Luckily, our fence is not broken, but this does anger us anyway. What concerns me is that he could come back, and start trashing either/or both properties (and houses are only about 6 ft apart, less than than at the fence lines [they also have a stockade fence adjacent to ours on the side]).
My question is, how should we handle this? He did no real property damage, but he is somewhat violent (and apparently has a drinking problem, we;ve been told). When the wife returns home (she was out when this happened), DH wants to let her know about this (we left the ladder in place, and I took pics). She must be going through heck right now, and it seems a bit trivial to burden her with this, but, on the other hand, maybe she should be aware, in case he comes back to damage her/our property. Any advice? Thanks!
My question is, how should we handle this? He did no real property damage, but he is somewhat violent (and apparently has a drinking problem, we;ve been told). When the wife returns home (she was out when this happened), DH wants to let her know about this (we left the ladder in place, and I took pics). She must be going through heck right now, and it seems a bit trivial to burden her with this, but, on the other hand, maybe she should be aware, in case he comes back to damage her/our property. Any advice? Thanks!