Boomer doesn’t like political sign, commits mail fraud.

For the past 3 years I’ve been putting political signs up in my lawn, and I live right across the street from a boomer who also likes to put up political signs. However, our views undeniably clash. For example, I hung a Black Lives Matter flag and he hung up a blue lives matter flag just a week later. 1 year ago, however, one of my signs seemingly disappeared from my lawn. At first I just assumed it had just blown away in the wind. One year later, I put up some signs once again, and so did the boomer. Two weeks later, I got a letter in the mail that came from the county, who apparently had seen my political signs and wanted to let me know that they were “too big” for the county limits. The letter had multiple spelling and format mistakes, and didn’t look official at all. Suspicious, I called the county and asked about the limits on signs, and they said that such rules were completely false. Me and my boomer neighbor have constantly clashed, so I was extremely suspicious that he had taken them down because he didn’t like my opinion. I had no evidence, but it was completely in line with things he had done in the past. Now, this last week, 3 of my signs disappeared from my lawn again! I was furious, but still without proof. So 3 days ago I installed a hidden camera in my garden and 3 new signs. I waited for him to take the bait, and sure enough yesterday my signs are missing once again. I checked the camera immediately, giddy with joy, and to no surprise it was who I expected, the boomer. While I don’t have proof of mail fraud, I can add one and one together and safely assume that he was the violator of both crimes. However, the old boomer is a former cop and no action has been taken when I have reported his illegal activity to the cops previously (crimes such as burning trash, trespassing, etc). So, as much as I am tempted of calling the cops, I don’t want to cause a massive stir in the neighborhood. I also feel like it is a bit of a lost cause in even trying. I will however talk to him about his actions and set the record straight.

UPDATE: first of all I want to say thank you for all of the words of advice and suggestions, really appreciate all of the kind and helpful messages. I’m going to be gone on a week long trip (perfect timing), so I won’t be able to make any further updates, but I might make a new post in the future. Anyways, I just talked to my boomer neighbor an hour ago, asked him if he had been stealing my signs (did not say I have video proof). He acted insulted and said he was “disgusted” that I accused him of “such an act”. So now I know he’s lying straight to my face, even though I’m not surprised. I’m going to hold off from any further action now, just want to enjoy my vacation in peace lol. Thanks again everybody 🙏