The owner told police that he saw a man, identified as 34-year-old Zhoubin Yang, rummaging around in his vehicle on Franklin Street around 12:13 a.m. Saturday.
The unidentified man and a friend chased Yang down and held him until police officers arrived.
Yang was charged with attempted petit larceny, a misdemeanor, police said.
He was released on an unidentified amount of bail and is to appear in Nyack Justice Court on Tuesday, March 14.
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