In my old neighborhood back in California, we had a neighbor across the street and one or two houses down who represented the same kind of threat to the neighborhood. In our case, we were able to leverage a city police program to put pressure on the property owner (in this case, the addict/dealer's parents) to evict him from the home or face some kind of legal issues....the details of which I no longer remember.baldeagle wrote:I don't see anything wrong with what you did. I'm always armed when I leave the house but not when I take the trash out. (I have been a few times.) Unless you live in a really bad area, it's not surprising that you wouldn't be armed when you're on your own property. I would be concerned about future interactions with this individual. If he's really cooking meth in his house, that could lead to all sorts of bad incidents in the future. Now that he has his eye on you, I would not go outside with being armed. Carry all the time, keep your head on a swivel and especially watch in his direction, at least until some time has passed. And if there's anything you can do to facilitate his arrest, I would do it. Film or photograph cars and license plates coming and going from his house. (Try to do it unobtrusively so he won't notice.) Record anything unusual and report it to the police. Make it your goal to get this guy out of the neighborhood.
It may be worth investigating whether or not the resident is the property owner, and if he is not, then bringing pressure to bear against that owner to force an eviction from the property.
I think you did the best you could under the circumstances, AND learned some valuable lessons without paying a high price for them. Not a bad outcome....