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The employees at an automotive business in Ohio took matters into their own hands when a man attempted to break into a car on their lot, using their quick thinking and resourcefulness to literally trap the man until authorities arrived.
Workers at Arlington Auto Wrecking in Akron noticed last week that a man had broken into one of their vehicles, per Cleveland 19 News. Rather than sitting around waiting for police to show up, the employees used a forklift to hoist the car up into the air, with the suspect still inside, until officers could arrive.
When an employee called 911 to report the alleged thief, explaining that he was trapped in the car high up in the air, the operator couldn't help but laugh.
"Wonderful, that is the greatest thing I've ever heard," the 911 operator said. "We, we will get somebody out to you."
19 News obtained the officers' body camera footage of the car suspended in the air, which can be seen in the video below.
Apparently, the business has experienced multiple break-ins and thefts, so when they noticed someone breaking into the car, they decided to do something about it.
"We're having a lot of trouble here with people stealing stuff and everything and we got a guy that's passed out or crashed in one of our vehicles and in our yard and I got the vehicle picked up with the loader and he's probably 20 feet in the air now and I refuse to drop this thing to let him out and run," the employee said. "I mean we've just had so much problems here with theft and catalytic converters and just fires and everything."
When police arrived, they were able to take the man, identified as 26-year-old Alexander Funk, into custody, discovering in the process that he had a backpack filled with a sawzall cutting took, sawzall blades and several hand tools. Funk had reportedly broken into the business twice before. He was charged with criminal trespassing and possessing criminal tools and will appear in court later this month.