Mr. Pancake, your underwear out of >> DON'T MOVE. GET UNDER my belly. >> Where are the gerbles? >> Oh god, there is a gerbal. >> What the heck? [laughter] >> Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. In the early hours of July 9th, 2024, a routine burglary call in Columbus, Ohio, turned into one of the most bizarre arrests in the city's history. The incident began with a 911 call reporting a burglary. 911. What is the location of the emergency? >> 1745 Atlas Street. There's someone in the back. I don't know if they're at Cerman or if they're at the aluminum glass, but they're they're breaking in something. >> What makes you think they're breaking in? Do you hear glass breaking or anything? >> Yeah, I just hear a whole bunch of banging, hammer banging like or something. I just hear a whole bunch of banging like boom boom. 9150. It's going to be a good seven. How far off is this 15? He's not going to send a dog in with it. >> Close. POLICE. ANYBODY IN HERE? MAKE SOMETHING KNOWN. >> Officers first responded to a report of a burglary at a rooers restaurant near Hillyard. The man was later identified as Matthew Pancake, who was seen wearing leopard print pajamas and had long hair. I don't see blood anywhere else. And it doesn't make sense that he would have blood on a rock before he threw it through the window. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Doesn't make sense that it' be dried, but it's It looks like blood though. It It looks like blood. >> Yeah, I would say it is. It's fresh. jump over the counter. >> Boys, we're doing some investigating here some detective work. >> Hey, it's red from here. >> So, >> right there, jumps over, grabs a bottle, and then >> Yeah, wrap his hand. Well, I mean, we'll be able see if I can figure out the answer to this water here. There's a bum camp at the end of Venus. It's >> probably probably where he headed to. >> So he should have a good cut on his hand. It's >> just straight straight through there. >> Yeah. Down there like maybe 3 400 yards on the left hand side that dead ends in the woods. There's a bum cam back in there. Got >> it. Literally looks like a [ __ ] like those pajamas like cheetah print pajamas. >> Yeah. >> Just 100 yards away, officers discovered that a petland had been smashed open. Inside, kennels were destroyed with rocks and animals were wandering the parking lot. >> 911 91. >> Come here. You're okay. Come here. >> All those puppies are in cages, so he had to have been in the bath messing with it. >> Yeah, that's why I sent Adam out back. >> Okay. >> Who's the most nimble? the youngest, the most >> student. >> How do they even get back here though? Cuz there's no >> I don't see anyone back. >> Bust it open and they come out of here. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I mean, like I don't even see any keys. >> Come on. I don't know if you're going to bite or what. Thought that [ __ ] bit me hard. Sure did. All right. So, question is is so he came out cuz he's leaking pretty good in there. Did he hit up there? Well, he had to hit up roosters cuz that's how the rock got bloody and we never got an alarm from here. Right. >> Right. >> So, he hit this place first, then hit Roosters cuz that's where the rock came from. >> Yeah. But he's bleeding a lot more here, >> but he could have wrapped it up. So that fence line that runs behind Ashlin Chemicals goes all the way down to Petland and then there's a bum camp across the street there. >> We talked to three of the bums. One of them was the caller. >> Okay. >> Cuz he even he he quoted basically what the caller said. >> He had a [ __ ] ton of blood at Petland. There wasn't so much at Nike. So >> Petland was it? It's not this Petland. It's the one north. >> Yeah, it's the one right next to Rooster. So that's what I'm trying to I don't know. He's got like a legit like leopard camo onesie print on, so >> he shouldn't be hard to spot. He He definitely is moving southbound, so he's he's >> apparently he has animals stuffed in his [ __ ] >> Oh, well, I say there was two dogs, bunny, chinchilla, bunch of birds. >> Some I talked to over here at the gas station like, "Yeah, he has gerbles all down his pants." He's out here running around somewhere and he's just smashing smashing doors as he goes. So >> nearby a famous footwear was also breached leaving behind a trail of blood. I hit that corner. I was like, why is there all these shoes and stuff on the corner of Aldi? >> Wrong place. >> Anybody in here? Make yourself known in here. >> There's a bunch of turtles missing. >> 83. Just FYI, we talked to some people in that camp back in the woods a little while ago. They said they had seen the suspect 3 or 4 hours ago at Speedway, but had not seen him come back through since. >> Dispatch received a call about a man sleeping on a bench, believed to be the suspect. Officers were advised to respond to the area as the individual matched the suspect's description. >> What's going on there? >> Uh, so have you heard about the guy who broke into Petland? Uh, I'm looking right at him. He's asleep on a bench. He's in the leopard print. I can't see any blood on him, but >> Okay. >> They think the suspect is sleeping on the bench. He's in a leopard print onesie. >> South, south, south, south of Robert. >> Wait, wait, wait. Yeah, Roberts is down there, right? >> I don't know this. >> Wait, wait, wait. There's Nike Drive. No, it's north. Turn around. Big Lodge. >> That's Ren. This is Robert. Go. Cut it. [clears throat] >> Gary. Big L is there. >> Big L is there. Cut right. Cut right. >> Come back around. I got >> Oh, where? God damn it. >> Come back around. >> Come back around. Where? >> I don't know. >> Oh, he's right here. >> I'll blow up. Police confirmed the identity and located 31-year-old Matthew Pancake sleeping on the bench. >> Yeah, I got calls on >> Mr. Pancake arrest. >> Don't move. >> Get on your belly. Get on your belly. ON YOUR BELLY. GET ON YOUR BELLY. ON YOUR BELLY. GET ON YOUR BELLY, MR. PANCAKE. WHAT'S GOING ON? >> ON YOUR BELLY. >> IN THE NAME OF THE LAW, PANCAKE, GET ON YOUR BELLY. >> Is going on. >> I got one. >> Are you kidding me? What the >> Give up your other hand? >> I got I got other hand right here. >> There's a lot of blood. >> Yeah. >> Okay, I'll have a medic that way. We're going to day one, boys. >> Yeah. >> Good job, Mr. Pancakes. Find them eventually. >> Where are the gerbles? >> Where are the gerbles? >> In case nobody mentioned it already, you're under arrest. I think we did like seven times. Go ahead and roll them on side. You got any clothes on under this? >> Pink/w white. >> He said he was taking it for arson yesterday. >> Oh, there's something. >> Yeah. What am I even [ __ ] Walking around. >> Okay. Grab your hand. >> Look like he tried to get into. >> Is it okay for the medics to go in? I told him it was a bunch of glass in his pants. Huh? Is that glass? >> Glass. Um, there's a dog >> collar. >> Criminal damaging. >> Oh god, there is a dribbles. >> Dribbles in there. Yeah, definitely animals ab animal abuse. >> During the search, officers made a startling discovery. Pancake wasn't just hiding stolen goods. He had live animals stuffed into his clothing. >> What the heck? >> I got a gerbble. >> What the heck? >> There's multiple gerbles in his pants. >> Multiple >> multiple gerbles recovered. >> We're justing that our suspect has multiple gerbles in his pants. >> Okay. I did find the medic. >> Do you have any more bets? Do you have any more gerbles on you? >> Please don't tell me you put a gerbble somewhere else. Grab my shoes >> for your safety. Is there a turtle inside you? >> Grab my shoes and cut further up that pant leg and probably this one because there's [ __ ] in there, too. I don't do rats. I don't >> It's not a rat. It's a gerbble. >> Derbal. I'm going to tell you guys in >> We've told you multiple times. >> You have blood all over you and you have merchandise that you stole >> and derbles >> and derbles that you stole and abused. Clearly, >> Cody, you know what you got to do. >> I got you. >> The one to you for property crime. I try on the stuck and all things. >> They've been traumat traumatized enough. >> I mean, the shoes. >> Oh, these are some boots. [laughter] >> Do you want me to hang on to these as evidence or photograph them and return them to the store? You got >> good. >> Grab that side and we'll stand on up. >> Yep. >> Lots of glass falling out. >> LT, we got the uh J I'm sorry, LT's. We got the journals. Two of them. >> Yeah, >> we pants. >> This is the greatest run ever. >> This is awesome. I got >> I've got her cell phone number. >> Who? >> Nana House. >> They don't have long hair. >> Who Who drove that way? Was that you guys? >> We came around cuz we were right by them. Well, we they were these people were like >> I was like I was like looking over here, >> but we looked everywhere and we started thinking what if we were seeing this backwards. >> Yeah, just push bumper until push bumper's fine. >> You got them. >> What are we going to do with them? >> I don't know. We want to take a picture of them and take them back to the pet store. >> The other They said he had two in his >> Oh, it was in his had all that litter and stuff shoved in there. >> They were living in his his >> They were they were desperately trying to escape. >> Poor little guys. >> Are they good with us taking them back over there? >> I mean, like we're not going to put them in a bag and take the >> I mean, if they're not going to be able to sell them, maybe we can keep them as a guy. >> You got your gloves off. Do you mind folding those up for me? >> I'm got blood on you. You're getting anxious. >> Put them in your pants. Are we going to take them back to Pesar? Transport him to Pesar. Yeah. >> Oh, okay. They're really trying to get away. Does somebody have a paper bag for me? >> All right. You're holding. >> Here's your >> Thank you. >> Is it just >> Yeah, I think so. I am concerned about these chewing their way out. >> Those are my goods, too. >> Yeah. >> Do you have the gerbles? >> Yes, I got the gerbles, >> sir. Ma'am. >> 83. >> You the 83. >> We're going to have a couple of gerbble 51s back in that land. >> I copy. Are they okay, sir? Though >> I think just emotional trouble. >> [laughter] >> You cannot make this [ __ ] up and we were both looking that way but we drove right past it >> cuz we were looking at the people flashing the lights. >> Yeah. I was like where the the [ __ ] like we got to get there. We got to get there. Oh [ __ ] >> And we got it. >> Pancake was taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries sustained from the shattered glass before being booked into jail. Several gerbles were recovered from his pants. Despite the viral and humorous nature of the hamster bandit headlines, he faced serious felony charges for destruction of property and endangering the animals. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.