burglarized family 'captured intruders at gunpoint after passing them in the street as they were on the way back from ANOTHER break-in

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burglarized family 'captured intruders at gunpoint after passing them in the street as they were on the way back from ANOTHER break-in'

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• Wyatt family's home surveillance system captured break-in on Friday
• Chris Wyatt was driving nearby when he passed 'the intruders' on Sunday
• Held them with guns until cops arrived, car 'was filled with stolen goods'

By Mia De Graaf for MailOnline

Published: 10:18 EST, 15 December 2014 | Updated: 16:28 EST, 15 December 2014

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The victims of a burglary captured their alleged intruders after spotting them in the street - on the way back from another break-in.

The Wyatt family's surveillance system filmed the moment a woman and two men took two TVs and numerous Christmas presents from their home in Warrior, Alabama, last Friday.

Just two days later, Chris Wyatt spotted the suspects' Ford Ranger pickup truck driving down a road and swerved to block them into a corner.

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Captured: This is the moment Chris Wyatt and his relatives stopped and detained their alleged home intruders

Vigilante justice: The group held a woman and two men at gunpoint until the sheriff's deputies arrived

Mr Wyatt, his wife Sarah, and two other relatives ordered them out of the car - apparently full of stolen goods - and held them at gunpoint until police arrived.

According to Chief Deputy Randy Christian, officers received the 911 call on Sunday afternoon while they were interviewing the victims of another burglary.

When they reached Mr Wyatt and his detainees, they found the computer monitor, trumpet, knife collection and jewelry that the second victim reported missing.

The case is the latest of vigilante justice in Alabama, where home surveillance systems have soared in popularity over the past two years.

After realizing they had been burglarized on Friday, the Wyatts watched the security reel which showed a woman knocking on the door.

When there was no answer, she appeared to break through a window with two men before lugging out numerous items.

The next day Mr Wyatt posted the footage on Facebook and said that he vowed to find the intruders, commenting: 'guns out and loaded'.

But their vengeance came sooner than expected when he spotted the car from the video just hours later.

'They happened to drive by and we seen them drive by and we knew it was them and we stopped them,' Chris Wyatt told WSFA.

Burglars caught on camera stealing from house in Warrior, Alabama

'They tried to say that they were lost and we corrected them where they were.'

Deputies have yet to confirm the identities of the three people detained on Sunday afternoon and no charges have been brought.

Incredibly, their vehicle appeared to be full of items stolen from another family.

Mr Wyatt said: 'They broke into another house an hour before this and luckily their stolen stuff was still in that vehicle.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2874669/Burglarized-family-captures-intruders-passing-street-way-break-in.html

[spookyturtle 9,466]

What will the anti gun crowd have to say about this? No one was shot and the criminals had sense enough not to do anything dumb so they are still alive. Imagine that, a gun being a deterrent.

[Pooky 3,847]

What will the anti gun crowd have to say about this? No one was shot and the criminals had sense enough not to do anything dumb so they are still alive. Imagine that, a gun being a deterrent.

No-one was an idiot in this situation, so no-one ended up dead.

Makes a change.

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I love this story. Just saw it on the local news.