Neighbor's kid dealing drugs from their house? What is the best course of action?

[noonereal]

Some more background perhaps.
The neighbors have asked me to keep an eye on their house when they leave for extended times. They have specifically asked that I take note if a number of cars show up and to contact them if this happens. Their son would be the only one at the house at that time.

Some time back the neighbors had an incident at their house. They came over and asked if I have any video during the time span the incident occurred. I told them that my front camera (as all my cameras were) was aimed to where the field of view ended at the middle of the street between us or along a fence line. They asked if I would mine raising my camera up to capture the front of their house. I repositioned the camera while they viewed the display on my phone. The view now shows the front of their house, with the top of the view ending about midway up their roof and shows the full width of their house. Later they had another incident and I was able to to provide a video with timestamp of the what they asked me for. First incidence was someone coming to their door in the middle of the night, second incidence was a suspected car burglary.

Not only are they aware my camera records their property, they have asked me to do this and have used the video from it in the past when they had issues.

You are asking for trouble. You be you.
Take care of you and your own. Don't put them at potential risk by playing detective..

I can't belive i had to offer this sage advice.

 

[Minerva]

Could be the parents are in on it, whatever it is.....



......since they live in that house and not across the street, they'd probably already know, right.

No, I seriously doubt they are involved.
Both of the parents are successful, hard working people that do a lot of volunteer work for their church. I've been around druggies and these folks don't strike me as that type. They won't even drink beer.

 

[americanwoman]

I'd send an anonymous letter:

Neighbor,

The other night day, your druggie son suspiciously entered a car and spoke to someone and partly got in.

When he left, he was putting some cash into his hoodie jacket and it strongly looked like a drug deal.

Multiple people in the neighborhood know, therefore you should know the truth.

 

[Mason66]

This is ABSOLUTELY none of your business. Mind your own business. I can't belive you asked this.

You are kidding right?

Sooner or later violence will follow this drug dealer and this poster would rather not be in the line of fire.

How could you even suggest it is none of his business?

 

[Mason66]

If you are on good terms with the parents which it sounds like you are, then discreetly letting them know what you saw, giving them the video, being clear that this is not an accusation and could be nothing, and perhaps saying that you're not intending to take this further but felt an obligation (born out of respect for them) to make them aware, is what I'd do.

Another way to think of it is as follows: if you were in their shoes, would you want to be told? And if so, how?

He doesn't need any qualifications.

he tells them, gives them the video and tells them to make sure it does not happen again in the neighborhood.

 

[noonereal]

You are kidding right?

Sooner or later violence will follow this drug dealer and this poster would rather not be in the line of fire.

How could you even suggest it is none of his business?

I so wish people could reason and do critical thinking.

But of course that is rare for humans. Especially cultists.

 

[Minerva]

I posted the question to gain the council of others that may have faced similar situations and how they dealt with it.
It has now progressed from that to folks making snide remarks and baseless accusations.

Let's just end it here. Thanks for all of your contributions.

 

[Mason66]

I so wish people could reason and do critical thinking.

But of course that is rare for humans. Especially cultists.

If you are living in the real world you know violence follows drug dealers.

I guess you are Ok with that.

 

[Minerva]

If you are living in the real world you know violence follows drug dealers.

I guess you are Ok with that.

I know the kid pretty well.

He is not bright enough to be a drug dealer for long.

 

[Mason66]

I know the kid pretty well.

He is not bright enough to be a drug dealer for long.

That is the worst kind, they make mistakes.

 

[noonereal]

If you are living in the real world you know violence follows drug dealers.

I guess you are Ok with that.

He has no clue what is going on.
If his neighbor wants to know what his kid is doing it is up to him.

These posts , like this one, are wildly stupid.

 

[Groogrux]

I have neighbors across the street that we have known now for several years. We are on great terms with the parents and often visit or I help them out with small jobs around the house.
The have a son in his early 20s that has had a chemical dependency problem now for a few year. He has moved back in with them but has not been real successful in finding employment, he suffers from illusions of adequacy.

The other day I was sitting in the dining room looking out the window which faces their house. I saw there son come out of the house and walk to the side (we are both on opposite corner lots) then back across the lawn to the driveway about the time a car rounds the corner and pulls into the drive. He walks to the passenger side and opens the door and sticks his upper body in. Shortly he gets back out of the car and shuts the door and it looks like he is putting a was of cash into his hoodie jacket. The car quickly backs out of the drive and leaves, kid goes right back into the house.

I have a front video cam that caught all of the, the total time of the meeting was less than one minute.

I feel I should make contact with his parents and let them know something maybe up, just unsure if this is the right thing to do and if so how should I handle it?
I have the video clip of the entire event that I can share with them.

Any suggestions?

I would absolutely make an anonymous call to the local police department and get this guy on their radar. If he is dealing drugs he’s attracting trouble into your neighborhood. Drug dealing often comes with violence.

 

[Girlpower]

I have neighbors across the street that we have known now for several years. We are on great terms with the parents and often visit or I help them out with small jobs around the house.
The have a son in his early 20s that has had a chemical dependency problem now for a few year. He has moved back in with them but has not been real successful in finding employment, he suffers from illusions of adequacy.

The other day I was sitting in the dining room looking out the window which faces their house. I saw there son come out of the house and walk to the side (we are both on opposite corner lots) then back across the lawn to the driveway about the time a car rounds the corner and pulls into the drive. He walks to the passenger side and opens the door and sticks his upper body in. Shortly he gets back out of the car and shuts the door and it looks like he is putting a was of cash into his hoodie jacket. The car quickly backs out of the drive and leaves, kid goes right back into the house.

I have a front video cam that caught all of the, the total time of the meeting was less than one minute.

I feel I should make contact with his parents and let them know something maybe up, just unsure if this is the right thing to do and if so how should I handle it?
I have the video clip of the entire event that I can share with them.

Any suggestions?

Tell him you want a cut or you tell his parents.