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Edit: perhaps I should be more clear. The point is that would you defend thy neighbor?
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That's better.
I don't know the answer to your specific question, but it bugs the crap out of me when people toss around the word "vigilante" without understanding it's meaning. It's become a news media jargonese term. Law abiding gun owners don't use it---at least not when it applies to lawful acts. Vigilantes are the ones who circumnavigate the law. And lawful intervention does not equate to vigilantiism.
Now that I feel better for getting that off my chest, I don't personally know how the law is written iin your state, but if you ask yourself the question: Is anyone's life in immediate danger, then maybe you could answer your own question.
And if you answer another question: Would it be prudent to get the police rolling ASAP, before I consider opening fire?, then that might help, also.
Believe it or not, there could be a valid reason for someone trying to open a window that you wouldn't be aware of watching through your rifle scope.
Maybe "The police are on the way, why are you trying to enter my neighbor's house through a window?" would help solve the problem and save an awful lot of headache.
Call the Cops. Then call your neighbor and let them know about the problem. Think "gun" last--it's still there as an option.