WNYT
TROY — Thursdays nights at the Miller House are almost always filled with family, friends and food. But they don’t always have something this big to celebrate.
The 22 year old Rensselaer County correctional officer was enjoying a day off — having lunch at his grandmother’s next door. When all of a sudden he noticed a suspicious looking person in his grandma’s back yard.
“I said hey where you going? He saw me and started running,” said Don Miller. Miller says the alleged car thief ran through his grandma’s yard and into his yard, knocking down tables and storage bins along the way.
“I could hear the Troy cops yelling ‘get him Miller! And I knew this kid was definitely in trouble,” he said. Miller chased the suspect through three backyards - including his own - before jumping a fence and tackling him in a neighbor’s yard. He held him down until Troy police were able to arrest the suspect.
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