An 11-year-old Texas boy successfully led police to the arrest of a man suspected of large-scale theft. The little detective, identified only as Simeon, was waiting with younger siblings in the parking lot of a Dollar Tree store in Universal City when the incident tool place.

The San Antonio Express-News reported that Simeon spotted a man getting into and out of a pickup, while smashing a window on a Nissan Xterra and stealing items from the car.

Acting instantly, the little boy asked his younger sister, Anna Leah, to write the license plate number and a short description of the man on a napkin with her Sharpie.

When his mother returned to their car, Simeon asked his mother to inform the police. The police were able to find the suspect at a friend's house near the Dollar Tree. They recovered $30,000 in allegedly stolen goods, including a laptop computer, several monitors and television sets and 18 women's purses.

A fan of the children's TV series "Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century," Simeon is now touted as a "hero" by the police officials and his mother is proud of his act.