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Originally Posted by redwitch

Too many things we don't know. Is his behavior due to some brain damage, mental illness, substance abuse? Unless we know the underlying root cause, it is awfully hard to judge. Does he want help? Has he tried to get help in the past and that help failed? If drug or alcohol issues, has he sought treatment and honestly worked a program or just gone through the motions?

Regardless, his mother has my sympathy, as do his neighbors. Living with and next door to someone intent on destroying their life is hard. If the perpetrator has sought treatment and the treatment failed, that is a tragedy for everyone. If he is just a thug happy with his life as it is, that's a tragedy for his mother and, yes, she should put on her big girl panties and show him the door. But we don't live in her house or wear or her shoes, so ....

Just saying he should be locked up is easy to say, but we need all the facts, not just the headlines.

Nicely put, redwitch.