The solution to this is video surveillance. But in the EU, make sure not to record public land.
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Of course, there's also publicly available US offerings like
"SecureWatch® is the premier cloud-based subscription service for secure and timely access to Earth Intelligence, simplifying your ability to map, monitor and detect change for any location on the globe at a moment’s notice."
EDIT: Found the price info for satellite rental again. $6300 per 30 seconds at 15cm per pixel resolution.
Being a good neighbor is how you solve this problem.
Your proposed solution implies that the victim was somehow to blame for this crime, by not being a good neighbour.
We don’t know that he was a bad neighbor and even if he was, that’s not a reason to demolish someone’s house.