Police arrested a New York man after watching a surveillance video of an apartment break-in, in which he pulled an unlicensed gun. Unfortunately for the man, it was his apartment that he was trying to protect from a burglar.

Last week, Manhattan prosecutors said they are looking to give George Bardwil, owner of the Bardwil Home linen company, a three-year sentence for gun-possession charges. Meanwhile, his lawyer argued that the .40 cal Sig Sauer was registered under Bardwil’s bodyguard and left in secure box in the apartment.

Bardwil used the gun during a break-in in January, causing the intruder to flee. When he later called the police and showed them tape of the incident, they arrested him for suspicions of illegally owning a gun.