By Associated Press, 9/23/02

WICHITA, Kan. — A father used fishing line to catch a man he suspected of spying on his daughters.

The 37-year-old husband and father identified himself only as Brian because he doesn't want to bring attention to his daughters.

Brian's wife had noticed that a backyard chair kept being moved under a bathroom window overnight. Soon the couple was convinced someone was watching their girls -- ages 6 and 15 -- while they showered.

Brian, a hunter and fisherman, took a spool of fishing line, tied one end to the leg of the chair, snaked the fishing line into the house, and left the spool on the kitchen counter.

With his 6-year-old daughter in the bathroom one night last week, he got a bite. The spool fell off the counter and began unraveling.

"Just like I hooked a fish," Brian said. "He took the bait and ran with it."

Brian stepped forward and ordered the man to lie down while his wife called police. The 31-year-old man, who turned out to live a few houses away, was taken to the Sedgwick County Jail.

"It was just a stupid, little trap," Brian said. "But we got him."