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DALLAS (CBS11) — They got away with hundreds of dollars worth of electronics, but they may not get away with the crime thanks to a neighbor who was quick on the draw with their cell phone camera.

Despite security gates at the Villa Creek apartment complex and individual security systems, complete with apps to alert homeowners when they're gone, burglars still broke into an apartment here. Now neighbors say they've had enough.

They are hoping someone will recognize the burglary suspect in the blue shirt seen on cell phone video struggling with the victim on his front lawn. Johnny Anderson was on his way home when his security system sent him an alert someone had broken into his apartment.

"So I start driving home real fast, and I said, I'm going to catch somebody. I had a feeling I'm going to catch somebody," Anderson said.

His back window had been shattered, and he could see two young men inside his son's bedroom.

"One of them ran out here, and the other one came behind him," Anderson said. "The first one that came out, I just ran and jumped on his back, and as I jumped on his back, we was wrestling right here on the ground for like 10 minutes before they started filming."

When Quincher Morgan saw what was happening out front, she quickly handed her phone to her cousin to shoot video while she ran inside to call for help.

"Neighbors got to stick together, yes, so that's kind of what we did this round," Morgan said.

Once neighbors yelled that they had called 911, Anderson's goal was simply to hold onto the suspect long enough for police to get there.

"Once I tackled him, I had him in a head lock," Anderson said. "I wrapped him up like this, and I had him down, and he starts screaming, 'You're choking me. You're choking me.'"

The suspect managed to slip off a sweater, which allowed him to break loose. Now neighbors hope the evidence, including the video, will help police track down all those involved and send a message to other thieves.

"They're messing with the wrong neighborhood now, yeah, and the wrong person," Anderson said.

Because of all the property stolen, Anderson believes the two suspects he saw likely had help, and he hopes once one is caught, that will lead to the rest of them as well.

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