Posted on 07/12/2024 8:55:34 AM PDT by Red Badger
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Police arrested a man who they said allegedly broke into several businesses in the far west side of Columbus, Ohio — including a pet store where multiple animals were set loose early Tuesday morning.
According to Columbus police, officers arrived at the Petland store in Hilliard Station at 3:45 a.m. and found an open door. Many animals were roaming free, including birds, dogs, rabbits, gerbils and ferrets.
Officers at the scene were able to recover most of the animals save for a few gerbils, ferrets and rabbits.
Police said they were looking for a homeless man named Matthew Pancake, who also allegedly broke into a Roosters and a Famous Footwear along Hilliard Rome Road.
Body cam video showed the suspect asleep on a bench while wearing a leopard-print onesie.
“Get on your belly, Mr. Pancake!” one officer shouted when they arrested him. “In the name of the law Pancake, get on your belly!”
At the Famous Footwear crime scene, blood was also found on some of the merchandise.
The man was located about an hour later in the parking area of a Big Lots on Roberts Road. Police said several hamsters, initially mistaken for gerbils, were found unharmed inside the man’s pants.
“What the heck?” said one officer as he pulled the hamsters out of Pancake’s pants.
“For your safety, is there a gerbil inside you?” asked another officer.
The man was treated for injuries sustained while breaking into the businesses.
Richard Gere?
One of the greatest headlines ever.
I know the saying is, “You can’t make this kind of sh*t up”, but this one beggars belief.
“What the heck?” said one officer as he pulled the hamsters out of Pancake’s pants.
“For your safety, is there a gerbil inside you?” asked another officer.
Conversations you never expected to read about in the straight news.
For anyone who has driven up Rome-Hilliard Road - Mr. Pancake can be seen wondering up and down the street - he usually hangs out at the Meijer’s parking lot.
I had to look this up; but apparently ‘Pancake’ is an actual surname - it’s an Americanization of a German name:
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=pancake
What does this guy look like?.....................
A story as old as time....
I was looking for the usual ‘alligator’ story and ran across this instead and said, screw the alligator story................
I guess he was hamming it up.
In England, they call Men’s Speedo’s “BUDGIE SMUGGLERS”! Budgie’s are little birds!
Another source with a photo of the weirdo.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/man-leopard-print-pajamas-busted-213919749.html
mr. pancake, it’s SUPPOSED to be gerbils in your pants you dumbarse, GERBILS!
”What’s the flap, Jack?” responded Mr. Pancake.
Matthew Pancake, 31, was arrested after a spate of break-ins in Columbus, Ohio, and was found with hamsters in his pants (Jefferson County Jail)
Reality keeps trying to outdo ‘The Bee’ - and too often succeeds.
Something tells me i don’t want any pan cakes made by this guy.
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