Video shows mother in Texas attacking man accused of looking out of daughter’s window

Dramatic video captured a Texas woman attacking a man accused of looking out the window of his teenage daughter’s bedroom. CBS DFW reports that a police dashcam caught the moment mum Phyllis Pena attacked the man outside her home watching her 15-year-old daughter.

“I thought at least I could do, if I dropped him, tripped him, whatever, then they would have a chance to get caught up,” Pena said. “The first instinct was to make sure he didn’t go any further.”

The Lake Jackson Police Department said officers were called to the house on the morning of January 31 after receiving a report of “a suspicious man in the area who looked inside a window of a House”.

Officers said a man matching the description attempted to run away when he saw them. But the suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Zane Hawkins, was approached by Pena. His daughter then ran and helped hold the suspect down until the police caught up with him.

After the suspect was taken into custody, officers told the mother she had made a “very good tackle”.

“The cop hit me in the fist and he said ‘Hey, so I heard Texans are looking for a new linebacker, ”Pena said.

Hawkins was incarcerated and faces charges including possession of a controlled substance, circumventing arrest and resisting arrest.