PHOENIX - Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon spent Sunday morning cleaning a mess left behind by a burglar.

"These crimes happen and I'm not different than anyone," he said Sunday at his central Phoenix home.

The Mayor says he was asleep in his home around 3:30 a.m. Saturnday when a burglar broke in through the back door and stole a computer. A wallet, check book and papers were nearby but not taken.

"Detectives think I may have scared him when I woke up early to get coffee," said Gordon.

Gordon didn't discover the burglary until around 6:30 a.m, after noticing the back door had been damaged.

He apparently noticed a draft coming from the laundry room when he got up Saturday morning, but didn't think anything of it.

The Mayor has a security detail guarding him but it is not in effect 24 hours a day.

Gordon says he called a security team member when he noticed the break in. That person told him to get out of the house and call 9-1-1.

The suspect is still on the loose and the Mayor was not hurt.

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i'm going to pray that they catch the theif , and that it turns out to be an IA ..