Hey all. I've been in an interesting situation for about the last two weeks, and thought I'd get opinions from you all.

I suppose the story starts Monday the 23rd of last month. I'm not at home, my roommate is, and some sketchy looking guy comes to sell us a subscription to the Denver Post. Now, to the the best of my knowledge, the Denver post doesn't deliver in Greeley(I may be wrong). The guy makes a big deal of us being students, saying they offer a free subscription to current college students (again, never heard of such a thing) especially halfway through the school year. I live in an apartment building close to campus and there are several students in the building, so he claims to have sold several subscriptions. Needless to say this sounds to me like he's scouting to find where students live so he can break in when no one is around on vacation.

He leaves, then the next night my neighbors' apartment (two girls) has an attempted break in. All is quiet after then as most students left for the Thanksgiving holiday, and I take all my valuables with me when I leave. I returned this past weekend, and nothing had happened since I left. This past Sunday night, the guy came back and my neighbor caught him looking into her window around 3am. The cops are called and they start patrolling the area more heavily. Then last night, he comes back twice, cops are called both times, and only goes after apartments that belong to women. Upon giving a description to the police, they identify him as a registered sex offender in our area. He was chased off the second time by the boyfriend of the girl whose apartment he was looking into, and we haven't seen him. I have female neighbors on both sides and I gave them my phone number so they can call me if he shows up again (since I'm seconds away instead of the cops) and I can make my presence known.

So here's where I'd like to hear your opinions. Should he come back, what would be operating procedure? I told my neighbors to call me and the cops so I can diffuse any immediate threat (try to scare him off) and let the cops come and do their thing. I suppose my main concern would be, I don't think it would be legal for me to draw on him to hold him until the cops can arrive, and from his description, he's athletic and could outrun me. I carry a Surefire LED light, so I could blind him and attempt to tackle him and pin him until the cops get here, but that doesn't seem like a very smart idea either, (especially if he's armed.) Help!!