OK, the fact that the neighbor is always complaining about every little trifle changes the situation a lot, and for the better. Your best course of action is also your simplest. Take whatever precautions you consider appropriate to secure your privacy, and then just totally ignore the whole situation. So Evil Neighbor might report you to the police… So what? The fact that she’s always crying wolf to them means that they’re going to do their level best to ignore her, which should be particularly easy in this case. You’ve already said that the police have reached the point of having lost patience with her. So nothing she does can hurt you. So just relax.
I hope for her sake that she never has a real problem where she needs the cops, but that’s her problem, not yours.
Starving - I finally found this for Vermont: “Chapter 59, Section 2601, Lewd and Lascivious Conduct. A person guilty of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $300.00, or both.”
Vermont doesn’t seem to have any more than the above law regarding public indecency/exposure. I would think you could be a nude as you want in your own home with your blinds up as long as you’re not being grossly lewd or acting lasciviously.
So, air-drying in the buff after a shower would be a YES - - - dressing like a nun wearing crotchless vinyl panties while your hubby stuffs his %#*^&# in your *)@#@(# and then (%#@# in your #&@#( while the dog is #@#&@##! your leg would be a NO - if you are visible by someone else.
I cannot find a reference that the kid (or any neighbor) is legal or illegal in what he’s doing because they write laws at to what you cannot do, not what you can do. I’ve heard/seen countless news reports of people arrested for looking in windows (being close enough to touch glass) and guys with hidden camera setups but never anyone arrested for peeping tom/voyeurism from their own property looking out at their victim in the distance. I cannot prove that I’m right but I doubt I can be proven wrong.
This sounds more and more like fun. If it were me, I’d be figuring out ways to drive this wench straight to the nut house. But, I’m just an ornery sort.
For example, get one of those T-shirts with a naked or bikini body painted on it and wear it around. … When she calls (geez, what a chicken shit), frantically cut her off and tell her you had to go to the emergency room because you were walking along the street (which is PUBLIC property) and injured yourself by bumping into her car. Say you’ve been trying to reach her all day to get her insurance policy number. … Or, next time she calls act all freaked out and tell her there’s someone peeping in her window right this instant or that there was someone peeping in your window a minute ago but you scared him off and he ran into HER back yard!
However, if you’re not so ornery, at least keep us filled in on Evil Neighbor stories. A web site I used to check in on was about some neighbor who basically ruined his house and lot with “improvements”. I don’t remember the site name, but it can be found by searching on ‘Redneck Neighbor’. Bout peed my pants laughing at that one.
Sounds to me like you’ve done all the right stuff so far, especially the part about leaving the kid alone. But if truth be known, I’m willing to bet the son’s not involved at all. I bet she’s the Tom.
I consulted a friend, who’s a policeman, about peeping laws and indecent exposure laws–interesting stuff. The following is true in my town and may or may not be true in yours. If anything, it may give you some idea what your laws might be like:
Peeping:
If your not using any special effort to look in someone’s house/window, then it’s not peeping. You can be considered breaking the law if you’re viewing someone else in his/her home with binoculars or a telescope or anything like that–even from your own home or vehicle. It’s also illegal to climb trees, trellises, fences, balconies, etc… to look in someone’s home. It’s ok to view someone, unaided, from the public or from the home, but it can’t be an extended period of time.
Indecent Exposure:
It’s considered IE if you are in view of public, even if it’s on your own property. A person can’t just be naked in his/her yard or in front of a clear window.
That sucks, doesn’t it? It sounds the same as our drunk-in-public law. I had a friend fall asleep on a lawn chair on his back deck after too many brewskies. Come morning, he was arrested for drunk-in-public and they carted him off, shoeless, to jail. He told me he was a arrested because neighbors saw him drink up and pass out.
I think there is a big lawsuit (ahem) coming out of this against the binocular manufacturer. I mean, they had to know that their products would be used for illict activities. SbS You should put a shade up with a silloutte of a naked woman on it.
