LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - St. Matthews police say team work with other departments and good tips helped them nab two men suspected in dozens of area burglaries and one of the men admitted to even more.
Richard Biscomb, 36, was arrested Monday afternoon.
"He actually admitted that in the last six months he and his partner have probably committed somewhere between 75 and 100 burglaries," said SMPD Detective Tony Ford.
Gary Green was caught a few weeks ago, but getting Biscomb wasn't easy.
For weeks, police acted on tips. On Monday, they noticed a person matching descriptions they had received. The suspect was walking up a driveway, and minutes later, left out of a different door and got into a car.
As the officer went to pull him over, officers say Biscomb ran, prompting a huge manhunt. A LMPD canine unit sniffed him out, police say, in the act of yet another burglary.
"Consequently, they ended up catching the subject where he had kicked a door in on an apartment and was actually inside burglarizing the apartment when the dog alerted," Detective Ford told WAVE 3.
In the St. Matthews area alone, the pair are charged with nearly two dozen robberies. Police say they'd go for things like rings or watches -- whatever they could fit in their pocket, occasionally going for electronics.
"He was immediately taken it and trading it out for drugs," Detective Ford said, saying that Biscomb was abusing Opana, a drug similar to Oxycotin.
Police say they seemed to leave a calling card, going thru a back or side door, rushing to the bedroom, and then dashing off.
That's what happened to a victim when she returned home last Wednesday to find shattered glass sprinkled all over her back porch.
"Everything starts to go in slow motion. I see the kitchen door laying on the floor," the woman said.
Her bedroom was ransacked. On Tuesday, a call came: the man had been caught. And later in the day, a family heirloom ring had been found.
"I think I screamed in the officer's ear! She was as excited as I was," the victim exclaimed, not wishing to share her name.
But it's all come at an enormous cost. While she's had to get a new back door, other items just can't be replaced.
"My mind has started thinking in a whole different way about noises and who's outside on the street, you just change your perspective," the victim said.
The LMPD 5th Division has dozens of rings, gold jewelry, pearls, watches, pocket watches, and some electronics they were able to seize.
Police say anyone who has been robbed can try to get those items back by calling 574-7636.
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