(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Police officers responded to a burglary in progress at a home near Black Forest Road and Woodmen Road on Friday, Dec. 5, in an incident that is believed to be related to an investigation into an active burglary pattern, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD)
CSPD reported that officers arrived at the scene in the 8000 block of Hardwood Circle around 7 p.m. on Friday and spotted an Asian man in the backyard of the home as he ran from the police. The suspect, identified as Dung Phan, was caught after a short foot chase, and officers found items on him that matched property stolen from the home.
According to CSPD, the incident is believed to be related to an active pattern burglary investigation, and detectives with CSPD’s Metro Burglary Unit responded. The investigation into both this burglary and related ones is ongoing…