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Strange. She's cranky and the neighbors are asses... But petty theft? What if someone put a fruit basket on your doorstep, and you ate the fruit, then they came over all "gimmee my fruit back, thief!!"? Would you be arrested for petty theft? I mean if someone keeps putting something on your property, it seems like it's not theft if you keep it.
The old lady? Cranky, sure. But when you reach your 88th year on the planet and some teenage douchebags refuse to keep their shit off your lawn and let you read your bible, or whatever, in peace, you're allowed to be a bit cranky. Cantankerous, even. I suppose if she'd had chased them off with a broom, the jerk next door would have tried to charge her with assault and battery.