"They" CAN come into your home without a warrant now.. For any reason. Anyone can say they think you are a terrorist or you have drugs etc.. Ever since 911 that "right" pretty much no longer exists. We are but one step away from being under marshal law.
The sad part is, every new law or ban or permit regulation, gives them more rights and takes more of ours away.
If I was that person, I would do everything I could to get permits for reptiles and slowly begin to get more. Then if the neighbor freaks out again, there would be nothing they could do.
Irrational fear should never be used to hurt another person. Period. This woman purposely hurt her neighbor.