About 7 years ago, I was working part-time for Lowe’s and saw a kid with a load of pricy, unrelated items in a shopping cart, heading for the exit. I stepped in front of the cart and he panicked, let go of the cart and dashed out the exit. His eyes looked vacant.
The manager on duty stepped up to me and told me that if I ever did that again, he would see me fired. I smiled at him and said, “Make my day!”.
A couple of months later, after being continually jacked around by the HR rep, I told them to take their job and shove it!
The manager on duty stepped up to me and told me that if I ever did that again, he would see me fired.
Maybe your stopping the crime deprived him of his "cut"!