HAMPTON, Va. — Wednesday morning, the Hampton Police Division said it had arrested a burglary suspect who was accused of breaking into two businesses.
By Friday, the Newport News Police Division had added three other burglaries the man would be charged with.
A release from Hampton police said the arrest happened just after 4:10 a.m. on Tuesday.
Responders were called to the 100 block of Old Aberdeen Road, where they found a glass door broken at a local business.
Police noticed a safe was missing, and found it while searching the nearby area. They questioned, and took into custody, 48-year-old Derrick Barnes.
Barnes, of Hampton, faces charges for the Old Aberdeen Road incident, and another burglary from October 29 on West Mercury Boulevard.
The Newport News Police Department is charging Barnes with two Jefferson Avenue burglaries on October 26, and one Warwick Boulevard burglary from November 1.
His charges from the two cities include breaking and entering, "petit larceny, 3rd or subsequent offense," entering a building with the intent to commit larceny and several counts of "unlawful damage."
He's being held in the Hampton City Jail.