( 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 is n'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 .
The game show host appeared at a Nat Geo event on crutches . Trebek says he ruptured his Achilles tendon chasing the burglar . Score: 7 A woman was arrested and charged with burglary , receiving stolen property .