I am not the type of person to stick my nose in other people's business. If it doesn't harm me, in most cases it doesn't concern me. Maybe I'm wrong in this but I don't want to be in trouble for some one time thing and I wouldn't want to get someone in trouble over a misunderstanding. But as of late some things in my neighborhood have got my attention.
The first thing was a couple of dudes parked in a truck across from my house, normally no big deal but the fact that they had been sitting there for 30 minutes for no reason gave me cause for concern. I wasn't sure what they were up to, but they didn't look like the type of guys I really wanted to have a conversation with. Plus my neighbor who's house they were parked in front of is an elderly widow and there are also children in the neighborhood as well as my own. I called the non-emergency number and reported it, but as to be expected the cop arrived 5 minutes too late.
The second thing is another neighbor who has decided to cover his yard in moth balls. Pretty weird, but it stinks, and come to find out is a federal offense. I don't know the guy who lives there but my neighbor who lives next door wrote him a letter and left him information on the fact that what he had done was a crime and if he didn't remove the moth balls that we would be calling the authorities.
The third one causes me the most concern. Not so much for myself but due to the nature of the offense I am worried if someone doesn't step up someone might end up dead or seriously injured. From time to time about once a week some times less, I can hear violent yelling and cussing coming from the cul de sac across from me. I don't know for sure which house is coming from but it is at least five houses down. Sometimes it's just one outburst other times it goes on for thirty minutes or more. Is it domestic violence, I can't be sure, but sure as hell I can hear it. I really don't want to walk down there and see what is going on, but I also don't want to call any authorities when I can't be certain as to what is going on. I'm at a loss here as to what to do, I don't want to escalate a situation into something it wasn't, but I would hate to find out that some one was hurt.
The first thing was a couple of dudes parked in a truck across from my house, normally no big deal but the fact that they had been sitting there for 30 minutes for no reason gave me cause for concern. I wasn't sure what they were up to, but they didn't look like the type of guys I really wanted to have a conversation with. Plus my neighbor who's house they were parked in front of is an elderly widow and there are also children in the neighborhood as well as my own. I called the non-emergency number and reported it, but as to be expected the cop arrived 5 minutes too late.
The second thing is another neighbor who has decided to cover his yard in moth balls. Pretty weird, but it stinks, and come to find out is a federal offense. I don't know the guy who lives there but my neighbor who lives next door wrote him a letter and left him information on the fact that what he had done was a crime and if he didn't remove the moth balls that we would be calling the authorities.
The third one causes me the most concern. Not so much for myself but due to the nature of the offense I am worried if someone doesn't step up someone might end up dead or seriously injured. From time to time about once a week some times less, I can hear violent yelling and cussing coming from the cul de sac across from me. I don't know for sure which house is coming from but it is at least five houses down. Sometimes it's just one outburst other times it goes on for thirty minutes or more. Is it domestic violence, I can't be sure, but sure as hell I can hear it. I really don't want to walk down there and see what is going on, but I also don't want to call any authorities when I can't be certain as to what is going on. I'm at a loss here as to what to do, I don't want to escalate a situation into something it wasn't, but I would hate to find out that some one was hurt.
