Need Advice! Crazy Neighbor...

Ok I'm gonna try to explain my best of what is going on with my neighbor... He is a male in his 60's and he is just plain crazy. June of 2006 he was caught by another neighbor looking in our windows when no one was home. So my Mom called the cops and they came when I was there and made no big deal of it. Now this guy thinks he owns the block. Ever since then he has been really not good, now he screams and yells from inside his house about us and a few other people. All the cops say is that he's not usuing names so it is not a threat, Which I feel is bull. What upsets me is when he yells and screams he does it with the purpose of us hearing him.

Now fast foward to this month. On and off he has been trapping squirrels then selling them for pelts and meat. He was warned a year ago by the SPCA Cop, and he started again a few months ago so he got a hefty fine and has a court date. About two days later I was up late and had the urge to look out my front window and I caught him giving my moms car a flat tire.. So I woke her up and we called the cops. When he came out he said that he didn't do it and that I was crazy which pisses me off.. The cops took it as a silly neighbor dispute which I feel is unfair. All they said it was a he said they said issue. that there was no concrete evidence. Also this guy is friends with the cheif of police in town. So he always seems to get off easily which I feel is unfair cause this guy is seriously mentally ill. He is also known for years now of killing cats in the neighborhood, which nothing has never been done.

What caused this whole episode is two weeks ago we found my Moms friends cat dead in the middle of the road, the cat wasn't crushed or anything, we know that he killed the cat, but again can't prove it. So he is taking it out by giving my mom a flat tire about the whole squirrel innocent. It just floors me that the cops aren't taking this serious at all it seems.

The newest issue now with him is we are finding bits of food in our yard that looks like he is throwing over. I'm thinking it is poisoned or something for our dog to eat. Since we found the dead cat we don't let our cat out at all because of this. Now if we find more pieces of food thrown into our yard which is right next to his part of the yard is there any place that will test the food to see if it is tainted?

I am really upset and confused that the cops are acting this way as if me and my Mom are the ones being wrong. They also know this guy is bad news. I just don't understand, I still say it is becuase he is friends with the cheif of police.

I feel is anything else sets him off me or my Mom might get hurt or killed. Cause is he has no problem killing animals then he might not have any with hurting us. I hate the fact that the cops say they can't do anything until something like this happens. I really do not feel safe at all. I sorta doubt he would go this far, but you never know and the fact that the cops are this way how are we suppose to feel safe?

My e-mail is whynotme379@yahoo.com

Any advice would be helpful...

Thank You..

You may want to set up those small inexpensive cameras and catch him in the act, then the police will have to act.