Tim Wetzel

KHOU-TV, Houston

HOUSTON — A plastic surgeon coming back from a business trip caught a group of burglars leaving his south Houston home last week. Instead of simply calling the police, the doctor and his daughter took things a step further — they chased the suspects.

While his daughter drove, the doctor used his cellphone to record video as they tailed the three men in a truck they saw backing out of their driveway.

When the suspects realized they were being followed, they crashed the victim's vehicle. The suspects then realized they were being followed and crashed into the victim's vehicle.

They chased the men for several more miles, then the suspects turned their truck around and drove right into the doctor and his daughter.

The accident sent the suspects flying into a ditch. Police were able to arrest two of the three alleged burglars. A third suspect got away.

"I'm proud of my daughter," said the doctor, who asked that his name not be used. He said his daughter is "a tough one and a very, very hard-nosed girl."

Police don't recommend that victims take the law into their own hands, but this doctor said he would do it again.

"I'm tired of these people taking advantage of us," he said. "We're not going to tolerate it anymore in our neighborhood."

He said there have been several burglaries in the neighborhood.

His daughter suffered whiplash from the crash, but was released from the hospital.

They were able to recover several of their stolen belongings from the back of the truck.