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Armed Homeowner Catches Burglar

A burglar is in custody after coming face to face with a Florida homeowner and her revolver on Friday.

Cape Coral Police arrested 20-year-old Jacob Cintra after he allegedly broke into Jim Gibbons's car and tried to break into his home. Gibbons told reporters he and his wife were sleeping when they heard a commotion. Jim went to open his blinds and see what was happening when he spotted Cintra just in front of him trying to break into the home.

"I yelled to my wife, 'Go get the gun!'" he told NBC2.

As Gibbons's wife returned with her revolver, Cintra spotted her and thought better of trying to break in.

"He just had a dumb look on his face," Gibbons told WINK. "Why would you be surprised? There’s two cars in the driveway and dogs are barking in the house," he said.

Cintra then ran off. Gibbons said his wife was prepared to defend them if he had come through the door.

"She said if he had been fiddling with the door, trying to open it, she would have shot him," he told NBC2.

Neighbors applauded the Gibbons. "That's cool that we still have the Second Amendment for that," David Jean-Jacques told the news station.

The burglar wasn't on the run for long. Once the police arrived the Gibbons's dog alerted them to where Cintra was hiding.

"Did you tell them you're the hero?" Gibbons asked his dog in front of the NBC2 cameras. "Yeah, you're the hero."

Cintra is currently being held without bond in Lee County Jail on two burglary charges.

"He's lucky," he said. "He's pretty dumb and he's lucky."