Pete - the watchman was afraid of the police :-/ & didn't know of the reward.
bryan - that "nutbar" is italian & she lost 1 dog.
Everyone else - thanks for your words of encouragement & support. Yes we do have sufficient evidence & my wife & I shall be following this through LEGAL channels. I can't speak for the rest of Costambar though - there are a lot of very angry people in this town right now.
I'm going to have to close this, it looks like off-board conflicts are being played out here. I deleted the last few posts because it was getting out of hand. Apologies to those who got caught in the crossfire.