CITIZENS' ARREST: Moment
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
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Chris Wyatt was driving nearby
when he passed 'the intruders' on Sunday
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Held them with guns until cops
arrived, car 'was filled with stolen goods'
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
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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.
'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
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Home surveillance video: Footage
showed a woman knocking on the door before apparently breaking in
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Bounty: The suspects then pushed
through a window and carried out two TVs and Christmas presents
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Relieved: Mr Wyatt said he was
shocked to find the suspects' car had more stolen goods inside it
'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.'
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