I didn't just make up that story. I've been to 50+ calls on these neighbor disputes. Running over the kids bike took care of the problem. I'm not advocating it I'm just saying what the results were. And of course its a case by case decision. For the extreme neighbors who just don't seem to...
If you turn in a plate to your insurance company for your claim its a "not at fault" claim. If you simply turn in a claim with no plate and no police report it will be considered "at fault". It makes a difference when your premium becomes due again....
I know we all can be devious when talking about these stories... But I wouldn't take the risk of picking the bike up and throwing it away as you don't know who might be watching. What you do is run the bike over, then jump out and move the bike to the neighbors property. You shouldn't damage...
When I was still on the job working auto theft we parked our nice car out in "no mans land" as bait to attract car thieves. We could sit a good distance away sometimes hiding in a car in the middle of other cars.
Its possible someone might be a former police officer screwing with the local...