Burkburnett, TX, police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Caporale for burglary of a habitation Friday.
Police got a report of a burglary in progress on Patricia Court, and began searching in the area for a suspect.
A Schwan’s driver told officers he saw the suspect running down an alley and officers said they found and detained Caporale two blocks away.
The victim showed officers surveillance video and said Caporale is seen breaking a gate, going into the back porch and coming out holding a television, then returning and taking a leather Harley-Davidson jacket.
Police said the backdoor of the garage and entry door to the kitchen were kicked in.
The victim also showed officers where the intruder had defecated on the living room floor.
Arrest records shows a previous conviction for burglary and arrests for burglary, theft, assault of an officer and resisting arrest.
In Massachusetts, an Ashland woman was discovered to be the serial pooper in Natick.
An Ashland woman has been charged with eight counts of destruction of property for defecating in public around Natick, according to WHDH.
Andrea Grocer left piles of poop near the Natick Outdoor Store over the last few months, police said.
Grocer, 51, was arrested on Wednesday when police spotted her squatting in a parking lot just before 7 a.m., Lt. Cara Rossi told the station.
Police stepped up patrols in the area to catch the pooper recently. Police found toilet paper at some scenes, so they were able to rule out an animal.
This isn’t the first time an outdoor pooper has had a run-in with police. In 2018, poop found near a New Jersey school’s track confused an entire town — until police figured out the school system’s superintendent was behind the deeds.
But, Thomas Tramaglini likely wasn’t doing it for fun. He was an avid runner, and some speculated he was experiencing a phenomenon known as “runner’s trots.” A jogger from Colorado Springs, Colo., was nicknamed “the mad pooper” in 2017. A 51-year-old woman named Andrea Grocer has run in recent races in Massachusetts — including a No. 86 finish in the 2019 Cape Cod Half Marathon and a 52:24.3 time in the 2019 New Balance Falmouth Road Race last August — but police have not confirmed if the Natick poopings have an athletic connection.