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The kid who is the main problem has been escorted off of my property by my wife (I wasn't home at the time) and told never to return, so we've got that covered. The cop I talked to last night informed me that I could use reasonable force to restrain him the next time it happens, and I assure you that I will. Handcuffs formerly employed solely for entertainment purposes are now sitting by the front door awaiting the application of said reasonable force, in fact. Next time he sets foot in my yard, he isn't walking out of it, because his wrist will be chained to his ankle behind his back.
Interestingly, my wife has just learned from the middle school principal to whom she spoke about our ongoing travails with said youth that the kid did not return home last night, and apparently my kids are the last to have seen him (during the final ride-by shouting he committed at about 21:00 CDT), as far as they know. So not only did my heart-to-heart talk with the wanna-be little shit *not* intimidate him, it may have just pushed him over the line into walking the walk he was only talking.
I suppose it would be too much to hope that he crossed up someone who didn't have any compunction about kicking the shit out of a teenage kid, huh?
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