Omaha police arrested 41-year-old Robert Dube Friday in connection with an early morning garage burglary near 28th and Reynolds streets in the Florence neighborhood. The homeowner chased Dube down before police arrived.

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WEBVTT TAYLOR BARTH IS LIVE.REPORTER THE HOMEOWNER ISREELING FROM CHASING DUBTHROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.POLICE TO THE 41-YEAR-OLD INTOCUSTODY.>> THIS IS A PIECE OF FABRIC HEUSED TO COVER MY GARAGE DOORWINDOW SO NOBODY COULD SEE.REPORTER: JUST BEFORE 6:00,ROBERT DUBE WAS RUMMAGINGTHROUGH THEIR GARAGE.DU PULLED A GUN ON HER.>> I GRABBED MY GUN, CAMEUPSTAIRS, WHEN OUTSIDE.AT THAT POINT TIME HE HADTAKEN OFF DOWN THE BLOCK.I HOPPED IN MY CAR AND CHASEDHIM DOWN.REPORTER: DUBE WAS ON HIS BIKEBU STOPPED.DUBE SHOT AT HIM.>> HE SHOT A COUPLE ROUNDS ATME, AND THAT IS WHEN I GOT BACKIN MY CAR.REPORTER: DAVID KILPATRICKNOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS DRIVERATE -- DRIVEWAY AND RAN OUT OFHIS HOUSE.>> HE ACTED LIKE HE WAS GETTINGGOOFY ON ME.I BODY SLAMMED HIM AGAINST THEVAN.REPORTER: DUBE KNOCKED INTO THEGROUND BEFORE RUNNING OFF.CLARK FOLLOWED HIM UNTIL OMAHAPOLICE ARRIVED.>> IT LIKE SANTA CLAUS GOT AHOLD OF HIS BACK.MY STUFF, OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF.REPORTER:OPD TOOK DU INTOCUSTODY.HE FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES.THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE ISIN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.22 YEARS AGO HE WAS ARRESTED INTHE SAME AREA.HE SERVED FOUR YEARS IN PRISON.PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREGLAD HE IS BACK BEHIND BARS.>> THE NEIGHBORS ARE TIRED OFIT.WE ARE GOING TO BAND TOGETHER,AND THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.REPORTER: CLARK SAYS HE IS NOTSURE WHAT DU STOLE FROM HISGARAGE.HE TOOK A STEREO OUT OF HISWIFE'S CAR.

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Omaha police arrested 41-year-old Robert Dube Friday in connection with an early morning garage burglary near 28th and Reynolds streets in the Florence neighborhood. The homeowner chased Dube down before police arrived.Omaha Police Department officials said the burglary happened just before 6 a.m. Friday. Camille Clark stepped outside her home to take out recyclables when she noticed something off in the driveway."There was a bicycle parked between our vehicles that didn't belong there," said Camille's husband, Michael Clark.Clark said his wife then noticed Dube rummaging through the classic cars in their garage. Police said Dube pulled a gun on her. She then ran inside to tell her husband."I slammed on my clothes, grabbed my gun, came upstairs (and) went outside," Michael Clark said. "At that point in time, (Dube) was already taking off down the block so I hopped in my car and I started chasing him down."Clark got dressed so quickly, he said he put on his 12-year-old child's shoe, didn't have a cellphone and forgot to put his glasses on. Clark chased Dube, who was on a bike, down the street until he eventually stopped.When Clark got out of his car to try to catch Dube, he said the 41-year-old shot at him."He shot a couple rounds at me and that's when I got back into my car because I couldn't see him," Clark said. "It was at that point that I realized, 'Hey, I don't have the right shoes on. I don't have my phone. I don't have my glasses. I can barely see this guy.' The only shot I could've taken was, it was bad. It was just an ineligible shot."Clark said he wanted to stop Dube until police arrived. With poor vision and the fear of accidentally shooting at a neighbor's house, he didn't use his weapon and shined his car lights at Dube to try and blind him.That's when David Kilpatrick noticed something going on in his driveway."I seen some lights come in the driveway, so I got up and went to the door," said Kilpatrick. "When I got to the door there was somebody out here in the driveway messing around, so I just opened up the door and come on out here."Kilpatrick said he didn't think twice and a tussle quickly started between him and Dube."I was kind of livid and he acted like he was getting kind of goofy on me and I just body-slammed him up against the van," Dube said.Kilpatrick said Dube knocked him to the ground before running off. Dube tried to jump a fence, but was unsuccessful and ran off on foot.Clark, who was still in his car at that point, followed Dube. He said as the 41-year-old ran, he started dropping some of the items he stole."It looked like Santa Claus got a hole in his bag, there's just stuff falling all over the place," Clark said.Clark continued to follow Dube until Omaha police arrived and took the 41-year-old into custody in someone's backyard. OPD said Dube already had a felony warrant and three misdemeanor warrants out for his arrest.Dube now faces a number of additional charges after Friday's arrest, including theft from a motor vehicle, terroristic threats, burglary, attempted felony assault, obstructing a peace officer, felon in possession of a firearm and prescription drug requirements.According to OPD, officers located a small, black and silver handgun at the scene. They also found 9mm rounds in Dube's pockets and some pills identified as Seroquel, which is a prescription anti-psychotic medication. He was also carrying items that police said belonged to Clark.OPD said Dube gave officers a false name and refused to cooperate with detectives.Friday's arrest is not Dube's first run-in with the law. In 1995, police arrested him just eight blocks away from where Friday's incident took place. He was 18 at the time and was convicted of using a weapon to steal high school team jackets. He served four years in prison.Clark and Kilpatrick said they're glad Dube is back behind bars. Kilpatrick said he's now sore and a little startled after learning what exactly happened."I don't really know what to think about it," Kilpatrick said. "Just scared the holy hell out of me. Wish I didn't come out the door. I didn't know any guns were involved."However, he's still glad he could help his neighbor out and believes Dube's arrest helps stop what he believes is a larger problem of crime in the Florence neighborhood."The neighbors are tired of it and we're going to start banding together and this is what's going to happen," Kilpatrick said.Clark believes Dube had been watching his home and was also stealing from other people in the neighborhood. He's thankful Kilpatrick tried to intervene and said the Florence neighborhood looks out for each other."Probably not the best place to go be a burglar is in the Florence neighborhood," Clark said. "Especially not my house."Clark isn't sure what all Dube stole from his garage, but knows he took a stereo out of his wife's car. He plans to add more security measures to his home, including cameras and motion-detecting lights.Dube is booked at Douglas County Corrections.