A dream wedding ends unexpectedly for a Joplin couple.
Someone tried to swipe the wedding gifts.
But the groom, an Army combat engineer, took off after the guy.
Joplin, Missouri, police officers were investigating a nearby accident and caught the suspect.
Jared Lightle ran after the crook yelling "Stop! Thief! Stop."
Lightle and wife Stephanie had a courthouse wedding before he deployed to Afghanistan a year ago.
They planned a traditional ceremony and reception for when he returned.
The hero groom tells The Joplin Globe they now have a unique wedding story to share for the rest of their lives.