OGDEN, Utah, Oct. 24 The mayor of Ogden, Utah, is clearly not one to be trifled with if his capture of a suspected burglar on Wednesday is any indication.
Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey told the Deseret Morning News that when he heard a noise just outside his house early in the morning, he immediately leaped into action and eventually captured a suspect with his bare hands.
"We heard somebody trying to come in our side door, so I jumped out of bed and tried to see who it was," Godfrey said. "Then I heard somebody at the back door."
After checking on his family members, the mayor allegedly saw someone leaving his shed with one of his family's bicycles and reacted.
"I just ran right the side doors and he was heading across the front lawn riding a bike of ours," he said. "I ran him down and tackled him, wrestled him and put him in a headlock."
The newspaper said that local police eventually made it to the scene and arrested the 20-year-old suspect, allowing the mayor and his surprised family a chance to get back to sleep.
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