PADUCAH, Ky. — An intruder who pretended to be a paramedic was later arrested when police found him riding his bike while intoxicated.
Police were sent at 1:21 a.m. to the home of a 77-year-old man who woke up to find the man standing over him, surfky.com reports. He claimed to be a paramedic sent to check on his welfare, but when the elderly man said he wasn’t alone, the intruder fled out the back door, taking a bottle of blood pressure medication as he left.
He was described as a white male wearing a blue jacket, with a bald spot in his beard and a tattoo on his left hand. Officers found someone meeting that description riding a bicycle the wrong way down a street.
They arrested Martin C. Gossett, 31, after they found him carrying items reported missing, including a Craftsman drill, loose change and the wallet of the other person living in the home.
Gossett was charged with alcohol intoxication, second-degree burglary and third-degree burglary.