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Burglary Victim Charged With Reckless Conduct For Firing Gun

FARMINGTON, N.H. (CBS) - A man who caught a suspected burglar in his neighborhood over the weekend now faces criminal charges himself.

It all started Saturday afternoon, when police were called to two homes on Ten Rod Road because someone had broken into them.

Officers found 61-year-old Dennis Fleming holding off the suspect with a handgun.

WBZ-TV's Lauren Leamanczyk reports

Fleming's home was one of the two that were robbed.

Twenty-seven-year-old Joseph Hebert was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary.

But it didn't end there.

Police later found out that Fleming had been looking for Hebert for about half-an-hour after the robbery.

When he caught up with him, Fleming fired a warning shot into the ground.

No one was hurt, but that was enough for police to charge Fleming with reckless conduct for firing his gun in a residential area.

Fleming told WBZ-TV Monday he was wrong to take the law into his own hands.

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