Lt. Ray White reported that a 38-year-old went to a home on the 800 block of Box Canyon Court in Rochester Hills about 5 p.m. Sunday. An alert homeowner halted his apparent mini-crime spree.

During the incident, the home was for sale by its owners, a husband and wife, and an open house was in progress. The suspect, whose name was not being released Monday pending charges, went into the home and asked the wife to go upstairs and flush a toilet so he could hear the pipes downstairs. When she went upstairs, the man is suspected of trying to steal some prescription medicine, White said.

However, the husband caught the man in the act, and the two struggled. The suspect was pinned to the ground by the husband, who held him at gunpoint until deputies arrived. According to White, no one was injured.

When deputies searched the suspect's car, they found several fliers for open houses in the area and 19 prescription bottles. White said the suspect allegedly ripped off the labels bearing the names of the prescription holders. He said that the drugs were mostly painkillers such as Tylenol with codeine.  The man, who works in information technology for a major company in the area, could face felony charges today.

By M. Sese
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