The suspect, named as Marcus Renard Hubbard, was caught on CCTV taking a lawnmower from a home, filling it up with petrol and then mowing the lawn, police say.

Officers arrived at the home – in Port Arthur, Texas – and chased Mr Hubbard, who allegedly took the lawnmower with him, FOX News reports.

Police say he eventually ditched the lawnmower in an alley and escaped on foot. He is now wanted for the offence of burglary of a building.