Twice neighbors have prevented me from becoming a crime victim.Five years ago while heading home at 1 o’clock in the morning I pulled over on Powers Avenue so two Manteca Police units with red lights flashing could pass.Imagine my surprise when I turned onto my street and found one of them in front of my house.A neighbor across the street who happened to step out for a cigarette noticed a man sitting on my front porch. When the man moved across my carport and tried to climb the gate to the backyard, the neighbor called 9-1-1.He tried unsuccessfully to get over the fence three times and left just as the police were responding. They caught him 20 minutes later trying to break into another yard in the neighborhood.About 10 years ago when I lived in a different house, neighbors spotted someone going into our backyard by jumping the fence.