CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — A caped crusader helped put a stop to a crime happening overnight Wednesday in his neighborhood, Cape Coral police said.

The Cape Coral Police Department said it was just after 2 a.m. when officers received reports of a burglary in progress at a home in the southeast part of the city.

When officers arrived, they discovered the suspect, Justin Schimpl, 20, had already been detained by a neighbor. The neighbor, Kyle Myvett, was dressed in Batman pajamas.

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Myvett told officers he had gone to bed for the night but was later awoken when his home security cameras alerted him to someone breaking into his truck.

Myvett said he found Schimpl in his neighbor's garage just moments later. Accord

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