Authorities have arrested a man who they say committed a dozen burglaries netting nearly $6,000 in the last three months on Long Island.
Fifty-year-old Eric Barnett was arrested early Tuesday outside a supermarket in Hempstead by detectives who had been tailing him for days, Newsday reports.
The Elmont man has been arrested 13 other times for burglaries and other crimes. Police say he first hit a grocery store in North Merrick on July 8 and then burglarized several other businesses.
Police say he used a crowbar and a sawing tool to gain entry by making holes in the roofs of businesses during several of the heists.
It's unclear whether Barnett has an attorney who could comment on the burglary charges.
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