Basically as my CO friend explained to me on the phone when all of this was going down, he could not arrest the guy for trespassing unless the land owner wanted to do so. The land owner is my mother in law who is in her mid 70's and believes that by The Good Book to extend Grace. The neighbor who let him through via his gate is pretty.much of the same mind set. Both were not happy but hope this guy learned a lesson and now he has no legal access to the property anyway. Personally, I wanted him arrested, but I don't extend Grace by nature the way they do.
Crooks sure do love people like that.