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Fed up neighbors catch and tie neighborhood thief for police

Puerto Aventuras, Q.R. — Fed up neighbors caught and tied a young man to a pole for police after he was seen helping himself to construction tools. Residents on Cocoteros Street in Puerto Aventuras caught the fleeing youth after he was seen stealing from the site.

The incident happened Saturday night when a passing resident saw him taking a drill from a construction site around 11:30 p.m. The effort was made to catch and hold him for police after allegedly being identified by area residents as a known neighborhood thief.

Municipal police were called, arriving to find the unnamed youth tied to a palm tree. He was arrested and transferred to a jail cell of the Security Secretariat from where he will be released in 72 hours if an official complaint by a resident is not filed.