As if the morning commute wasn’t stressful enough already, a man contacted JCSO on the morning of Oct. 14 to report being menaced by a neighbor while driving to work. According to his statement, he’d seen the man – who apparently believes that his property rights extend to the public boulevard – standing in the middle of Larkspur Drive holding a hammer. Perhaps preferring not to know why, the complainant edged around the lightly-armed roadblock, prompting the man to brandish the hammer in a threatening manner. The officer barely had time to digest that testimony before the phone started ringing again. This time, it was a woman complaining that the hammer-wielding neighbor stood in the roadway until she stopped, then leaned on the window frame and told her “not to come down this road anymore.” She explained that she had little choice, but he was unmoved. “I don’t have time for this,” she told him, and drove away without further incident. When contacted by authorities, the road-hog said he’d put “No Trespassing” signs along the road, and flatly denied waving the hammer at his first detractor and exchanging words with the second. The officer advised the man that his was a case for the civil courts, to which he replied that he’d already been down that road and the deputy should just arrest him. That, explained the officer, “is what we are trying to prevent.”