A man was arrested Monday in connection with a string of nine burglaries in the Duck Pond area near downtown Gainesville.
Gainesville Police officers responded to a call from the 1100 block of Northeast Fourth Street saying someone was in the house next door, GPD spokeswoman Summer Hallett said.
When police arrived, a man who had been in the house took off running and jumped over a concrete wall to be met by police on Northeast Fifth Street, the report stated.
Samuel Holmes, 29, told police he was responsible for the nine break-ins, which all took place in a 24-hour period beginning Sunday at 10 a.m., according to GPD reports.
Holmes faces charges from all nine burglaries, Hallett said.
Police were able to recover some of the stolen property after Holmes told them he sold or traded some of it for crack cocaine, Hallett said.
Holmes has one outstanding arrest in Georgia and one in Alachua County, Hallet said.
