Panthers' Armah uses armbar to foil car break-in

Carolina Panthers running back Alex Armah used a mixed martial arts move to detain a man who attempted to break into his car.

Armah told Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer he was working out in his apartment on Feb. 6 when the dashboard camera he had installed in his car alerted him to a man trying to enter the vehicle.

The man initially claimed he lived in the apartment complex and was admiring the car, according to the Panthers fullback, but changed his story after they spoke to the building concierge.

"He was like, 'My friend lives here, I was just walking through,'" Armah said. "At that point, me and the concierge looked at each other and the dude tried to make a run for it.

"I snatched him up by his shirt."

The concierge called the police, at which point the man attempted to flee again.

"Eventually I get him on the ground and I put him in an armbar," Armah said, adding that he detained the man for approximately three minutes until police arrived.

"The guy wasn't small, he had some size on him," he said. "But he didn't have a chance. I take pride in my car."

The suspect, 32-year-old Daniel Cagle, was arrested and charged with attempting to break into or enter a motor vehicle, according to a police report.