Resident uses MMA on suspect allegedly breaking into neighbor's car in Fair Lawn

Thursday, March 24, 2016
FAIR LAWN, New Jersey (WABC) -- A man was caught breaking into a car in New Jersey.

Unfortunately for him, the person who caught him in the act practices mixed martial arts.

Henry Rodriguez says he was pulling into a parking lot by his home in fair lawn last night when he noticed a stranger removing items from his neighbor's vehicle.
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He confronted the thief who tried to push him off.

So Rodriguez used his martial arts moves on him.

When police arrived, the suspect 41-year-old Kevin Stark Jr. was passed out in the parking lot.



When he awakened, they arrested him.

He's charged with robbery and burglary.
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