snowy tracks led from one business to the other, then led police across the street, straight to adrian hicks' apartment. police think the 45-year-old is responsible for all six salon. hurt. >> reporter: stacy kelly came to work and found $800 in retail hair products gone. police found the same foot prints outside. >> there was just a distinct line of footsteps. they traced them all the way to a park and wherever else he smashed and grabbed. >> lucky i could say. >> reporter: mike may have had thousands of dollars of electronics stolen, but he does occur himself lucky. in the midst of a rash of burglaries, somebody has finally been arrested, all because the burglar didn't cover his tracks. >> when i hear they catch him, so i feel much better now. much better. i'm much safer. >> reporter: in englewood, jessica oh, 9news. >> investigators believe hicks could be tied to other burglaries in the metro area. reported those smash and grabs in the past few weeks. >>> more than 100 mostly somalia workers fired from a meat packing plant over a prayer dispute in the workplace can soon apply to be rehire

adrian hicks was arrested. >>> if you watched any local tv in the last two years you know how this end. bel heen hit by a car. it really isn't the end after all. anastasiya bolton helps us to catch up with trooper hee. >> hello angie. >> reporter: 21 months since trooper hee almost lost his life. in march of 2014, he tried to stop a man who carjacked several drivers in a number of cities and it was doing 96 miles an hour in a stolen van when he swiped trooper hee. >> had i been head on, i probably wouldn't be speaking to you right now. yep. >> reporter: hee looks like a soldier who survived a war zone. >> you made it. >> reporter: since that day, he has been fighting to get back on his feet. literally. >> you feel like you could chase a bad guy? >> at 4.5. [ laughter ] >> reporter: chasing bad guys is all he has ever wanted to do after three other careers, he joined the state patrol at age 45. so that near death experience, he wasn't going to let that >> i have to keep positive thinking. and, i think that is what has gotten me through. a lot of prayers and thoughts coming from the publ

adrian hicks was arrested. >>> if you watched any local tv in the last two years you know how this end. bel heen hit by a car. it really isn't the end after all. anastasiya bolton helps us to catch up with trooper hee. >> hello angie. it has been 21 months. >> reporter: 21 months since trooper hee almost lost his life. in march of 2014, he tried to stop a man who carjacked several drivers in a number of cities and it was doing 96 when he swiped trooper hee. >> had i been head on, i probably wouldn't be speaking to you right now. yep. >> reporter: hee looks like a soldier who survived a war zone. >> you made it. >> reporter: since that day, he has been fighting to get back on his feet. literally. >> you feel like you could chase a bad guy? >> at 4.5. [ laughter ] >> reporter: chasing bad guys is all he has ever wanted to do after three other careers, he joined the state patrol at age 45. so that near death experience, he wasn't going to let that stop him. >> i have to keep positive thinking. and, i think that is what has gotten me through. a lot of prayers and thoughts coming from the p