A 19-year-old man was arrested on multiple felony charges twice in six days, in connection with several burglaries on the east side of town, police said.

Gary Duncan was arrested on June 16, then again on June 22, according to a post on the Tucson Police Department's Facebook page.

Police were investigating a string of burglaries that took place between June 8 and 10, in the areas of East Stella Road and South Sarnoff Drive, and East Broadway Boulevard and South Houghton Road, the post said.

Evidence collected from the homes, and serial numbers from stolen items, led police to identify Duncan as a suspect, and he was spotted at a pawn shop on June 16, the post said.

He was arrested and booked into Pima County jail on suspicion of three counts of burglary, three counts of trafficking stolen property and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia- all felonies.

On June 22, after Duncan was released from jail, police were contacted by one of the burglary victims, who said that an unknown man was in their house. The victim took a photograph and passed it along to officers, who located Duncan a short distance away, the post said.

He was arrested and booked into jail on one count of burglary and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, the post said.


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Contact reporter Caitlin Schmidt at cschmidt@tucson.com or 573-4191