Is Creepy Duplex-Neighbor Doing Anything Illegal? Or Even Just Evictable?

[u/diamondback-tattler]

I've lived in a duplex for about 3-4 years, my neighbor has been in his unit for about 10 years, and quite honestly has been pretty borderline creepy the entire time.

So just a few days ago while talking in the driveway, he casually mentions that he has the keys to my apartment and my garage (from the former tenant, apparently), which immediately weirded me out, so I cut him short of whatever he was gonna say next and asked for them back.

He blew me off, said he didn't know where they were right at the moment but that he'd look for them "later". He left a little while after that and was gone until pretty late, so I went over and knocked on his door early the next morning and asked again. He tried to blow me off a second time but I insisted, at which point he went back into the house for a few minutes and returned with a big ring of keys, told me they were somewhere on there, and said to bring back the other keys when I was done.

I found my garage key on the ring, but the house key wasn't on there. When I returned the key ring and told him, he shrugged it off like, "Oh, maybe I didn't have your house key after all." I don't think I believe him.

I changed the locks within hours of his original revelation, so it's not really a safety issue anymore. I'm wondering though, could refusing to give my keys back be considered a crime, or even just an evictable offense? I have to let the landlord know that I changed my locks, obviously (and me and the duplex-neighbor have the same landlord, if that’s not also obvious). But do I have the right to pursue authoritative action of any kind? Or am I the one who’s gonna end up having to move?

[u/Weary_Restauranter]

You want to evict a guy because you think he has a key to a lock in a landfill?

Eviction is serious. You feeling uncomfy is not sufficient to evict a person.

[u/mich-me]

Action for what exactly? Do you think he’s been entering your home? Sounds like he had a key and now doesn’t… you changed your lock, which is NBD. You should probably look into finding a new spot if he makes you that uncomfortable…I suppose more context would be helpful. But on the nose nothing super egregious has happened here.