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"St. Matthews police are looking for a man they said broke into a home, then led police on a dangerous chase during the morning rush hour.Police said the man stole the car he was in from a different neighborhood earlier in the day.Mobile users: Tap here for videoDetectives said they have seen a large number of daytime burglaries lately.The call about this one matched the time of day and method of entry for others.A neighbor alerted police and tried to stop the suspect himself.Tire tracks are evidence of vigilant neighbors in the 4200 block of Alton Road.Just before 9 a.m. a resident noticed an unfamiliar car running in the driveway next door even though the homeowners were on vacation.\"My dad came in the house and said the back window was open, that somebody'd broken into the house,\" said Robert Ochman.Ochman's dad heard some noise, too.Police said the suspect tried to break through the back door and when that didn't work, he pried open a window.Ochman's dad tried to trap the suspect by parking his van at the end of the driveway.\"But the guy went around and went in the yard, and he took off and my dad went after him, and when he was chasing him he called 911,\" Ochman said.St. Matthews police spotted the suspect near Baptist East Hospital.He was in a car previously reported stolen in Louisville.Officers tried to pull the suspect over at Kresge Way and Breckenridge Lane.\"When they initiated that traffic stop, the perpetrator, suspect, rammed a civilian's vehicle in an attempt to get away and in fact did get away, and a short pursuit continued after that,\" said St. Matthews police officer Dennis McDonald.The chase continued down Breckenridge Lane to Dutchmans Lane, Cannons Lane into Seneca Park, where police said he hit some barricades.He continued on into Cherokee Park, then Lexington Road and Baxter Avenue, clipping some cars along the way.Police called things off at Bardstown Road and Grinstead Drive.\"It was terminated because our command determined the pursuit had become too dangerous,\" McDonald said.Police thank the neighbor for reporting the break-in, but add they don't recommend people go after a suspect on their own.\"In a situation like this, we don't know what this person's intentions are outside of breaking into a house. There could be other things they're involved in,\" McDonald said.Officers found the car the suspect was driving abandoned on Bardstown Road.Police said he stole it from a Louisville neighborhood after the owner left it running in the driveway.The man is described as in his 20s with long dirty blond or light brown hair and scruffy facial hair.He was last seen wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt covered by a jacket.Anyone with information should call police."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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