It all started when Michael Zwick of Glenview, Illinois, complained about his neighbor's new fence. It left a dark area behind the garage where gang members might hang out, he felt. In response to his complaint, the neighbor, Jean Craft, according to The Chicago Tribune, told Zwick not to put his recycling bins on the public parkway in front of her house because they were killing the grass.

In retaliation, Zwick "blew leaves back onto her property, let his weeds grow 12 inches high, and aimed a fake security camera at her yard." Then she "moved his recycling bins, complained to police about snow plowed onto her land and bought new shades and drapery to cover her windows."

The village of Glenview finally wrote an ordinance that prohibited Zwick from putting his recycling bins close to his neighbor's house. Zwick defies the ordinance and has been given 10 citations and charged $1,000 in fines. The case has now gone to Cook County court.

Says Zwick, "We're digging in."