On the night of January 22, 2018 an Ohio man attempted to steal a large television from the Westerville, Ohio Kohl's store — it didn't go well. On his way out of the store the would-be-thief was confronted by a security guard, and a physical altercation followed. The man narrowly escaped, dropping the television and taking off running. Unfortunately for him, Westerville police officers apparently weren't up to much that night, and law enforcement promptly set up a perimeter and began a systematic search for the man. Although the odds were stacked heavily against the now-thief-assailant, darkness had fallen and the man on the run was not immediately found. The police are not fond of leaving the odds stacked against them, though, and in this case the State Police came in to assist, tilting the odds right back in their favor as Ohio State Highway Patrol's aviation unit responded to assist — equipped with a high-end thermal camera that made swift work of finding the perp.

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