Several garages and sheds were broken into in the Princes Road area of Buckhurst Hill (credit: Google)
Several garages and sheds were broken into in the Princes Road area of Buckhurst Hill and Chapel Road in Epping during the early hours of Monday, 27 January.
Items including bikes were taken.
Following a number of calls reporting the incidents, officers were deployed to the scene and carried out a search of the area.
Within three hours of the first incident being reported, a 29-year-old man was arrested and brought into custody.
Shane O’Connor, of Forest Drive, Chelmsford has since been charged with eight counts of burglary.
He appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 28 January and is next due to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on Tuesday, 25 February.