Resident Catches 'Prowler' in Backyard—at Gunpoint

A Rancho Santa Margarita resident pulled a gun on a suspected prowler early Sunday morning and waited for police services to arrive.

According to the blotter of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, an informant called 9-1-1 shortly after 1:30 a.m., and reported that he and his wife had nabbed someone in their backyard.

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The caller indicated that his wife was telling the suspect to keep his hands up. 

Another informant called 9-1-1 to report that someone was on the slope between Highpoint and Muirfield yelling that he was going to "take someone out."

The suspect from the backyard, Ryan Ashton Davis, 22, was taken into custody.

The original call came from Muirfield.

This report was culled from the Orange County Sheriff's website. Not all facts in each report are made public; the outcome of the report, as well as the facts, may differ from the original blotter item. There should be no assumption of guilt based on this limited information.