Nevada carrier
Regular Member
I have a few questions for those of you familiar with trespassing statutes as well as our citizens arrest statutes. Once I am notified that there is an official warning of trespass, can I detain this someone myself? If so, can I apply reasonable force to prevent them from escaping custody until police arrive?
Lately, in the community which I reside, an elderly Asian couple whom also reside in the community have been trash picking. Presumably, they are seeking recyclables, however it concerns me that they could be seeking personal information for the purpose of identity theft when no one is watching; no way to know. Trash picking is an activity that falls into a grey area in the law. in some respects, it is abandoned property, but in this case, my bin which I lease from Republic, was on my property, and the offender had to cross my property line in order to access it; I.e. trespassing. Another Board member has surveillance video of her walking all the way up her driveway and stealing a $30 aquarium filter while they were taking a break from cleaning their turtle aquarium. This is beginning to go beyond trash picking and is escalating to outright theft (not a grey area).
I have surveillance cameras on my home and I was monitoring them at the time the offender unlawfully entered my property. I confronted them and attempted to communicate that they were not welcome and that if they return, I would pursue trespassing charges. It was clear that she did not speak English and attempted to simply laugh as if it was all just good fun until I slammed the lid down and ordered them off my property. After they left, I immediately contacted Metro and followed them throughout the community as well as other neighboring communities for almost an hour until two Metro officers arrived.
I expressed to metro that all I am seeking is an official notice of trespass and that I be given her name and address for my records. I presume that they took the woman home and found some means to communicate the trespass warning to her through interpreters by phone; I will follow up in the morning with Enterprise Area Command to find out what the disposition of the event ID is.
In the video attached, I was armed, however my jacket was concealing my firearm; I have a CCW. While in contact with Metro I informed them that I was armed and that my firearms was holstered during the entire confrontation, the offender never threatened me with bodily harm, though at certain points during my pursuit, she became agitated and screamed at me in Chinese.
[video=youtube;Ag0O7W6ajTU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag0O7W6ajTU[/video]
Lately, in the community which I reside, an elderly Asian couple whom also reside in the community have been trash picking. Presumably, they are seeking recyclables, however it concerns me that they could be seeking personal information for the purpose of identity theft when no one is watching; no way to know. Trash picking is an activity that falls into a grey area in the law. in some respects, it is abandoned property, but in this case, my bin which I lease from Republic, was on my property, and the offender had to cross my property line in order to access it; I.e. trespassing. Another Board member has surveillance video of her walking all the way up her driveway and stealing a $30 aquarium filter while they were taking a break from cleaning their turtle aquarium. This is beginning to go beyond trash picking and is escalating to outright theft (not a grey area).
I have surveillance cameras on my home and I was monitoring them at the time the offender unlawfully entered my property. I confronted them and attempted to communicate that they were not welcome and that if they return, I would pursue trespassing charges. It was clear that she did not speak English and attempted to simply laugh as if it was all just good fun until I slammed the lid down and ordered them off my property. After they left, I immediately contacted Metro and followed them throughout the community as well as other neighboring communities for almost an hour until two Metro officers arrived.
I expressed to metro that all I am seeking is an official notice of trespass and that I be given her name and address for my records. I presume that they took the woman home and found some means to communicate the trespass warning to her through interpreters by phone; I will follow up in the morning with Enterprise Area Command to find out what the disposition of the event ID is.
In the video attached, I was armed, however my jacket was concealing my firearm; I have a CCW. While in contact with Metro I informed them that I was armed and that my firearms was holstered during the entire confrontation, the offender never threatened me with bodily harm, though at certain points during my pursuit, she became agitated and screamed at me in Chinese.
[video=youtube;Ag0O7W6ajTU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag0O7W6ajTU[/video]