A Houston father decided to turn in his 18-year-old son after he confessed to breaking into hundreds of cars in the Austin area, where the son lives.

In mid-April, Theodis Daniel spoke with his son, Cristian Daniel, over FaceTime and during the call, the 18-year-old told his father of his alleged crimes.

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"He was like, making a joke, bragging about it. 'Yeah I broke into 250 cars last week,' and I was like, 'How in the hell did you do that?!' 'Oh I just went after one after another one after another one,'" Theodis Daniel told KVUE-TV.

Daniel told KHOU that his son targeted cars parked along running paths and in shopping malls.

"I love him," KHOU reports Theodis Daniel said of his son. "But he's got to wake up from wherever he's at right now." After the FaceTime conversation, Daniels decided to call the police and turn his son in.

On April 17, Cristian Daniel was arrested by police at his South Austin residence and charged with theft of a firearm and unlawful carrying of a weapon. At his residence, police reportedly found several handguns, including a gun that was reported stolen from HPD, according to KVUE-TV. The TV station reports police also found several ammunition magazines, a gas mask and the black bag with police equipment.

Being in possession of weapons was a violation of Daniel's probation, which he's on because he was released from jail for theft and shooting at someone, Theodis Daniel told KEYE-TV.

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"Pretty hard for me to do," Theodis Daniel told KEYE-TV. "This is Texas. If you break into someone's car, they will handle you. I didn't need someone shooting my son. I didn't need my son shooting him, or going on a high-speed chase killing himself or other people. He was compromising people's safety and his own."

The son is currently in Travis County Jail and his father has not helped him post bond. The Houston father stands by his choice in turning his son in, according to KHOU-TV.

"I'd rather him be upset with me than me burying him because he was on a path to self-destruction," Theodis Daniel told KVUE-TV.

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