Neighbors helping neighbors: Man catches pair burglarizing home

ANDERSON, Ind. (WISH) — One Anderson man was looking out for his neighbor, police said.

The man saw his neighbor’s home being ransacked and helped police catch the suspect. 

It happened Saturday afternoon. 

Brandon May said he saw a couple of people going into the home next to his. He said that’s not normal because the home is vacant. 

He called 911. Police showed up, but there weren’t any signs of a break-in and the person who owns the vacant home wasn’t there. So, they couldn’t do anything.

May didn’t stop there. He set up a GoPro to show the back of his neighbor’s home.

Police said the property owner returned to his vacant property, and that’s when the two men tried to make a run for it. May said his video showed the pair leaving through the back.

May said he chased one of the men for a half-hour while calling police. 

“You don’t just break into somebody’s house and take something that doesn’t belong to you and just get away with it,” he said. “That’s not how it works.”

Police cautioned against chasing someone who could have committed a crime. In this case, the man arrested, Tylor Lowers, had two guns on him. 

At the same time, police said, May’s actions of calling and setting up a video camera were perfect representations of community policing. A spokesman said the investigation would not be where it is if it weren’t for May. 

In the affidavit of probable cause against Lowers, police said Lowers had multiple items on him that appeared to belong to the homeowner. 

One other suspect remains at large. If you have any information, police said, call 765-648-6775.