Police in New York said a burglar who stole from a home near a police station was arrested when a homeowner flagged down a passing patrol car.
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Officers said a homeowner spotted John Figueroa, 31, climbing through a ground-floor window Wednesday at about noon and chased the suspected robber until a police car from the nearby 123rd Precinct station house approached, the New York Post reported Thursday.
The homeowner flagged down the car and police arrested the suspect on burglary charges, investigators said.