UPDATE: 'Funeral Bandit' Arrested in Colorado

Updated: 6:59 p.m.

Todd Lloyd Griffin, 44, was arrested Monday in connection with 16 home burglaries spanning five counties in southeast Michigan, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard held a press conference on Monday explaining that Griffin targeted homes that were awaiting estate sales or homes of families who were at funerals, earning him the nickname "funeral bandit." 

Just hours afterwards, Griffin, whose birthday also fell on Monday, was located by local authorities in Colorado at a pawn shop and taken in without incident at 4:30 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. Local authorities told them that Griffin was in possession of numerous jewelry items.

"I can’t think of a better birthday present to give this lowlife who had been violating families in their time of grieving," Bouchard said in a statement.

When police searched Griffin's home in Pontiac, they found thousands of dollars worth of property, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Police said that homes in Oakland, Livingston, Macomb, Genesee, and Shiawassee counties were targeted.