Ohio man wearing leopard-print onesie is arrested with hamsters in his pocket after series of bizarre break-ins

Cops person arrested a fishy accused of breaking into respective stores successful Hilliard, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.

Matthew Pancake, 31, was wearing a leopard-print onesie erstwhile he was perp-walked retired of shopping promenade early Tuesday.

Police opportunity Pancake 'busted retired nan solid to nan beforehand doors' of a Famous Footwear shop conscionable aft 2 am, WSYX reported.

He is besides accused of breaking into a Roosters edifice and a Petland - nan second a imaginable mentation for what constabulary recovered successful his pockets astatine nan clip of his arrest.

Two hamsters were jammed into nan pockets of Pancake's onesie, and 1 serviceman was later pictured holding nan furry small critters successful his hands.

Following Pancake's alleged breaking and entering spree on nan portion promenade on Hilliard-Rome Road, constabulary recovered merchandise from nan 3 stores strewn astir nan sidewalks outside.

Police were apparently 1 measurement down their suspect, getting nan telephone astir nan Petland break-in while they were still investigating what happened astatine Roosters. 

'My officers successful nan area a short region distant present astatine nan Petland, they noticed respective animals moving astir successful nan parking lot,' Columbus Police Sgt. Joe Albert said.

'Officers were capable to corral arsenic galore animals arsenic they could. They corralled respective bunnies, birds... and a mates of puppies,' he added.

Police were capable to rescue nan hamsters successful Pancake's pockets, and return them to nan pet shop safely.

Some of nan canine kennels wrong nan shop were smashed pinch a rock, 1 of nan Petland owners said, which allowed nan canines to tally free for a small while.

Following his alleged situation break of nan animals, Pancake was recovered dormant successful his onesie adjacent a Big Lots parking batch a small little than a mile distant from nan pet store. 

Police assemblage cam footage obtained by 10TV showed officers approaching him arsenic he snoozes connected nan bench. 

They past yanked him to nan ground, startling him retired of his slumber. 

'In nan sanction of nan law, get connected your belly, Pancake!' 1 of nan officers shouted astatine him arsenic they tried to push him down level onto nan concrete.

'What is going on?' Pancake asked. 'Are you kidding me, what nan f**k?'

He past asked why he was being arrested, and nan officers readily explained why to him.

As they explained, 1 serviceman noticed thing moving successful their suspect's pocket. 

They each collapsed down laughing arsenic they realized what they'd found.

'There are aggregate gerbils successful his pants,' 1 bull said successful disbelief. 

This different lawsuit much than thing other sewage Albert to measure nan complexity of his job.

'Within nan aforesaid time you tin respond to a shooting, you tin respond to a missing person, you tin prevention somebody's life and past you tin pursuit bunnies wrong of a parking batch of a business that conscionable sewage surgery into,' nan serviceman added. 

Pancake was charged pinch vandalism and breaking and entering. 

His first tribunal day will beryllium connected Wednesday morning.