Not wrong. But I suspect the case will rest on the validity of his running down the thiefs. And how he knew where they were, and taking recovery upon himself once he knew where the vehicle was rather than calling police. Not sure I see anything illegal in those actions. Per the other article there are no witness’ to the confrontation nor video. At least none acknowledged by the prosecutors. If the confrontation is a he said, she said, a plea bargain is likely what they’re aiming at.
A plea bargain with dirty government...
The law in most states demands that you take no action against a thief who is not a personal danger to you or another person.
The law is definite in that you may take no life threatening action against a fleeing person.
Even though my sympathies are with Glover, the law will show him no sympathy. There are countless cases where those who tried to play cop ended up in prison because the confrontation ended up similar to this case.
We might not think it fair, but in court the judge does not care what we think.