He left a while ago with the truck with the batteries in it. Of course, he came back with another load of batteries… in fact more than the earlier load.
I think I’m giving Environment until noon on Monday…
You Get What You Ask For
Watercolour Landscapes of the Yukon
Doug Rutherford 
In the old days you could fix this with a couple of well placed sticks of dynamite at 4am in Winter!
Sadly, there are houses that are a bit too close for that. I know some neigbours that have probably considered it..
BTW if he’s a yank, what’s his immigration status? Is he legal? Is that worth pursuing? Know anyone south of the border who can check if someone wants him, ie wants to arrest him?