Man confronts juveniles breaking into car outside Cape home

No one was injured when a man confronted two juveniles breaking into his ex-wife's car on Good Hope Street late Saturday evening.

The unidentified man was returning his daughter to his ex-wife's home in the 1900 block of Good Hope Street about 10 p.m. and saw two boys breaking into the car, police said. He confronted them and found that one had a fake gun in one hand. The boy did not point the "replica revolver" at the victim, said Cape Girardeau Sgt. Jason Selzer.

The man took the fake gun and called police. The boys waited at the scene, but when police arrived they fled. The ex-wife told investigators two diaper bags were missing from her vehicle. One of the boys was found nearby and one diaper bag was recovered. The boy was charged with resisting arrest, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, Selzer said.

Authorities were still searching for the other boy Thursday.

"I wouldn't recommend confronting someone in a situation like that," Selzer said.

Pertinent address:

1900 Good Hope St., Cape Girardeau, MO