Neighborhood Snipers

This is my first time living in a neighborhood with a Home Owner's Association. It's a good idea on paper, quite another in practice. We have numerous covenants, rules and regulations, and planned events enforced by the moral majority. ( Duly elected boardmembers who spy on neighbors for the greater good of the community.) They report such major crimes as a lawn that needs mowing, a shingle that is loose on the roof, a kiddie pool placed in a back yard w/o permission, a deteriorating fence or roof........all with the idea of maintaining our property values.

Now to my point, last week, my neighbors have been busy little bees putting new roofs on their homes....went to check today on what all the hub-bub was about......they cut a deal with some shady looking roofer who claims he can repair our roofs for free if we report correctly on our insurance claim that our roofs we're damaged by the hail storm 2 weeks ago.....anyhow, one of the roofers climbed up on a house 3 doors down from me only to discover a serial sniper killer on the loose from South Carolina hiding out from the FBI and Swat teams that descended on him last Saturday. I was asleep and didn't hear a thing.

My next letter to the HOA will address the following questions & concerns.
Will this affect our property values? Can I let my grass grow again? And if my neighbors weren't trying to rip off the insurance companies, would I be dead?