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Florida man in Batman pajamas helps police catch burglar

A Florida man wearing Batman pajamas helped Cape Coral cops catch an early morning burglar.

Officers at the Cape Coral Police Department were responding to a burglary in progress at around 2 a.m. Wednesday when they located their suspect, who was already being detained by a local man dressed as the Caped Crusader.

“The neighbor, Kyle Myvett, told detectives he had gone to bed when his home security cameras alerted him to someone breaking into his vehicle,” cops wrote on Facebook.

Police said Myvett went outside, “still dressed in his Batman pajamas,” and saw 20-year-old Justin Schimpl rummaging through his truck. He then spotted him doing the same thing in a neighbor’s garage and “detained him until officers arrived.”

Before being taken into custody, the suspect allegedly nabbed cash, a wrist wallet, more than $500 in gift cards and two pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses worth $300 each.

Schimpl, who police said to was “known to law enforcement from prior investigations,” was arrested on one count of burglary of an occupied dwelling, two counts of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and two counts of petit theft under $750.

In announcing his arrest, cops posted a photo of Myvett wearing his superhero jammies while flanked by two cops.

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