Welcome to Arrest Stories. A Cape Coral homeowner dressed in Batman pajamas became a real-life crime fighter when he caught a burglar red-handed and detained him until police arrived. Heres what may have happened.
Twenty-year-old Justin Schimpl found himself behind bars on August twenty-seventh after what started as a routine burglary turned into an unexpected encounter with a pajama-clad vigilante. The incident began at two oh three in the morning when homeowner Kyle Myvett was jolted awake by alerts from his home security cameras.
"The neighbor, Kyle Myvett, told detectives he had gone to bed when his home security cameras alerted him to someone breaking into his vehicle," according to police reports. What happened next reads like something straight out of Gotham City.
"Still dressed in his Batman pajamas, Kyle went outside to investigate and saw the suspect rummaging through his truck," officials stated. Myvett discovered Schimpl rifling through his vehicle before the suspect moved to a neighbor's garage to continue his criminal activities.
The stolen items were substantial, including two pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses valued at three hundred dollars each, cash, a woman's wristlet, and more than five hundred dollars in gift cards. But Schimpl's crime spree was about to come to an abrupt end.
Myvett confronted the burglar in the neighbor's garage. "I just grabbed him by the shirt and by his right wrist, and I just told him, Hey, it's in your best interest to just sit down and comply," Myvett recounted.
"Moments later, he found the same suspect in his neighbor's garage and detained him until officers arrived," police confirmed. During questioning, Schimpl's story began falling apart. "Schimpl claimed another male was with him, but the name of that male changed multiple times," investigators noted. Despite an extensive helicopter and K-nine search, no accomplice was located.
Bond has not yet been set for Schimpl, who faces multiple burglary charges.
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