DC row house - terrible neighbor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Report report report and get other neighbors to report. Talk with your ANC and Councilmember.

No need to disclose, though.

AGREE!!

[Anonymous]

So, we had a neighbor who was selling drugs out of his home. It made it hard to enjoy our yard because he was constantly trying to get us to get out of the way so he could drug deal in peace. He would stare us down.

So I started staring back to make it clear that he wasn't really welcome.

He finally moved on. Our neighborhood is much more peaceful now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:report it

+1. You say the neighbor is engaged in illegal activity. Why are you not reporting this to the police?

Y’all are profoundly stupid. There are many reasons not to do this.

Well it's a sad commentary on society if we cannot report criminal activity, out of fear. So the criminals run the place, and we just exist in their world?

We live in an upscale suburb, but in a small house on a street with small original houses (Cape Cod and ranch style) from the 1950's. There is a family who'd lived in one of the houses for 3 generations. The 20-something sons were under-achievers who were living with their mom, and started dealing drugs. I did not even realize it, but many neighbors caught on. They called the police on these 20-somethings. It helped to get law enforcement involved, and eventually the sons realized that they needed to get legitimate jobs and support themselves. Our street is 100x more peaceful with them gone. (And their mom is probably less stressed.) It made me realize how much of an impact a bad neighbor can have. Many people on our street were ready to move.

[Anonymous]

-+1

[Anonymous]

The problem with reporting it is that when you call the Police they send someone out based on priority and other calls pending.
So you call and say there’s a suspicious person next door who’s got people coming and going.
The dispatcher asks if it’s happening right now.. you say yes or no. If yes, Police drive by, they pull up, maybe sit for a few minutes, see nothing, drive away.
They’re not gonna go hanging on doors or breaking in based on a phone call.

[Anonymous]

Keep calling the police on him until he stops or moves

[Anonymous]

Keep calling the police. FWIW we had a similar situation a number of years ago in Shaw and the police did show up eventually and take care of it. A guy living in his mom’s house dealing out of the backyard through a little slit in the fence. Also, not sure if you should disclose to your realtor as they may have some obligation to disclose once they know.

[Anonymous]

Don't tell your agent.

Don't disclose to buyers.

Don't call the police. (Seriously, don't -- just ignore the people above. There's no such thing as an anonymous report, and the people above want you to put your safety at risk.)

[Anonymous]

You totally can report anonymously by phone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Don't call the police. (Seriously, don't -- just ignore the people above. There's no such thing as an anonymous report, and the people above want you to put your safety at risk.)

Well, I can tell you that through repeated and diligent calls to the police by many on our block—almost all anonymous—the drug dealing and public drinking/drug use/public urination on our block eventually went away. It took persistence, but it worked. (I’m the previous poster from Shaw.)

[Anonymous]

Call the police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, we had a neighbor who was selling drugs out of his home. It made it hard to enjoy our yard because he was constantly trying to get us to get out of the way so he could drug deal in peace. He would stare us down.

So I started staring back to make it clear that he wasn't really welcome.

He finally moved on. Our neighborhood is much more peaceful now.

Cool story, bro.