whose son was viehweg's friend.day when viehweg was visiting, he became very belligerent with her. so she asked him to go home. and the next day viehweg would retaliate. >> a lady was watching the house he got angry with because he wasn't allowed to go into the house. and so he had cut the brake lines of the car. >> and i'm backing out of the driveway, which is on a hill, and i don't have any brakes. so i'm pressing all the pedals and trying to, you know, look behind me which way to go, and i don't know, something somehow made me think to pull the emergency brake. thank god. >> a tip led police to sean viehweg. he pleaded no contest for cutting the brakes. he was sentenced to community service. do you think sean viehweg was trying to kill you or just frighten you? >> i could have easily been killed. >> and the tipster who fingered viehweg back then? jeff taten. you spent a lot of your life worrying about this guy. >> i probably did. i probably did. >> and yet, says jeff, he was not the only one who knew those storie