The vigilante stated he was driving to his daughter’s home together with his spouse when the Golf hit two parked vehicles, which rebounded onto his car.
The 66-year-old carried out a citizen’s arrest on a 16-year-old boy as he tried to exit the automobile, holding him down till police arrived about 3.30pm.
”I simply knew if he obtained up he’d simply bolt, so I assumed I might maintain him pinned down,” the person stated.
“I wasn’t considering that after I approached the automobile, I simply thought there could possibly be somebody caught within the automobile.”
One other teenager fled the scene and bumped into a close-by house, the place he was chased away by a resident with a shovel.
Instructor’s aide Sam Shaw, whose automobile was caught within the cross fireplace, praised the vigilante’s efforts.
“Individuals are sort of saying like ‘let him go’ – no, do not let him go,” Shaw stated.
“If it did not hit me it might’ve hit a child. Like there have been children round and it was simply scary.
“It was fairly massive of him to truly maintain him down for thus lengthy till the cops got here so it was fairly good.”
The 16-year-old boy from the Frankston space, who arrested on the scene, has been launched.
He’s anticipated to be charged at a later date.
Police will allege the VW was stolen from Rowville on Sunday.
