An attempted burglary was thwarted at a Texas car dealership after a man called 911 to report he had been injured during the break-in, police said.

The Tyler Police Department took Jeremiah Megallon into custody after he called them, reporting self-inflicted injuries during a failed attempt to burgle the Patterson Dodge dealership.

Police say the call came in around 3:45 a.m. Thursday from Megallon, who claimed he had just broken into the dealership and needed help.

“He admitted to breaking into the dealership with the intention of stealing a vehicle but found himself trapped inside,” explained Public Information Officer Andy Erbaugh to Fox News Digital. “He sustained cuts from smashing a window and climbing through it.”

An alleged burglar called 911 after injuring himself while allegedly attempting to steal a care from a dealership in Tyler, Texas.  (KLTV)

Erbaugh said this was not the first time in his career he had dealt with a suspect turning himself into the police.

“Several years back, I was investigating crimes against individuals, and one case involved a 75-year-old retired dentist who contacted us to confess that he had shot and killed his wife,” Erbaugh recalled.

Erbaugh was talking about Dr. Bobby Nichols, who admitted to shooting his wife, Rosalind Nichols, after an argument when he returned home from a night of drinking in 2012. 

“He said, ‘I’m a retired dentist, and she wouldn’t stop nagging [me],'” Erbaugh recalled. “He said, ‘I went out to get a beer at Willowbrook Country Club,’ which is one of our local country clubs, and she didn’t like that.”

Erbaugh recalled Nichols said, “‘I had another one when I got home, and she wouldn’t stop, so I got my pistol and I shot her.'”

Erbaugh said Nichols was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his wife’s murder. 

Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com