"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says he snapped his Achilles tendon while running after a burglar who had stolen cash, a bracelet and other items from his San Francisco hotel room. 
 
 FILE - In this June 19, 2011 file photo, television personality Alex Trebek arrives at the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Las Vegas. Trebek says he snapped his Achilles tendon while running after... (Associated Press) 
 
 In this July 27, 2011 photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department, Lucinda Moyers is shown, Moyers, 56, Moyers was arrested on suspicion of felony burglary and receiving stolen property after... (Associated Press) 
 
 The 71-year-old Trebek tells KGO-TV that he also injured his other leg while falling down during the chase early Wednesday. He was on crutches later Wednesday when he hosted the National Geographic World Championship at Google headquarters in Mountain View. 
 
 San Francisco police Lt. Troy Dangerfield says 56-year-old old Lucinda Moyers was arrested on suspicion of felony burglary and receiving stolen property. The cash and bracelet haven't been found but other items were recovered. Dangerfield says officers found several items near the hotel ice machine. 
 
 Trebek is scheduled for surgery on Friday and is expected to be in a cast for six weeks. ||||| (CNN) -- Alex Trebek, longtime host of the television quiz show "Jeopardy," was injured while chasing a burglar out of his hotel room early Tuesday. 
 
 The 71-year-old TV personality revealed his condition at the National Geographic World Championship in San Francisco. Footage shot by CNN affiliate KGO showed Trebek taking the long way to the stage, hobbling on crutches up the disabled-access ramp. He placed his crutches to one side and hopped over to the podium, where he told his story with the dry wit "Jeopardy" fans have come to love. 
 
 "I deal with answers and questions," Trebek told the crowd. "And today I'm going to start with the answer to a question I suspect is on many of your minds right now. The answer is 'At 2:30 yesterday morning, chasing a burglar down the hall ... until my Achilles tendon ruptured and I fell in an ignominious heap, bruising my other leg in the process." 
 
 Trebek did not address the injury again except to say that he was fine and expected surgery to take place Friday. But when reached for comment, a communications director for the show confirmed the incident. 
 
 "It's true!" said Phil Zimmerman, a spokesman for "Jeopardy" at Sony. "Alex is fine and all the details in this story are true. Alex isn't going to be making any official statement or commenting any further than what he said at the National Geographic World Championship this morning." 
 
 But the San Francisco Police Department revealed details of the case and the subsequent arrest in response to inquiries from CNN. 
 
 The police report does not identify Trebek or his wife, who was also in the room, by name. It does say that movement in the hotel room awoke one of the victims, who gave chase as a suspect left with stolen personal items. The other victim notified hotel security, who were able to detain the suspect. She was identified by both victims as the person in the hotel room. 
 
 The suspect was arrested by police, and identified as 56-year-old Lucinda Moyers. 
 
 She has been charged with burglary and receiving stolen property.
– "I deal with answers and questions," Jeopardy host Alex Trebek told the crowd at the National Geographic World Championship after hobbling onstage on crutches. "Today I'm going to start with the answer to a question on many of your minds right now. The answer is: 'At 2:30 yesterday morning, chasing a burglar down the hall ... until my Achilles tendon ruptured and I fell in an ignominious heap, bruising my other leg in the process." A 56-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of burglary in connection with the chase at the San Francisco hotel where Trebek, 71, and his wife were staying, CNN reports. Trebek woke when the burglar entered his room and he gave chase while his wife called security, who caught the suspect, according to cops. Cash, a bracelet, and other items were taken from the couple's room. Trebek is scheduled for surgery tomorrow and is expected to be in a cast for some six weeks, AP reports.