Neighbors Come To Blows Over Raccoon Feeding Flap: Report

OAK CREEK, WI -- Police in Oak Creek say they're advising two neighbors on S. 27th Street to avoid each other for the time being after a conflict ensued over one of the neighbors reportedly feeding wild raccoons.

According to Oak Creek police logs, officers were dispatched to an apartment on the 8800 block of S. 27th Street just after 9:30 p.m. on May 13 on a report of disorderly conduct.

When they arrived on the scene, a neighbor said he and his neighbor got into a physical altercation over the neighbor feeding the raccoons. The man told police he voiced concern to his neighbor that the raccoons he was attracting would kill his dogs, police say.

According to police logs, the man's wife was walking through the parking lot of Jim Dandy's shouting at the neighbor over feeding raccoons. The man said a physical confrontation then took place between the two neighbors in which one damaged the door to the other's house.

Police say they're going to follow-up with the neighbors' to see if they want to file a criminal complaint over the altercation and the damaged door.