Boston Police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a rash of car break-ins in the St. Mark’s Area last month, members of the St. Mark’s Area Civic Association learned during their meeting on Oct. 29.

Around mid-October, officers at C-11 began to get word of a significant number of break-ins in the overnight hours — with the suspect breaking windows with a device and stealing items from inside. Officers on patrol were alerted to the trend, and encountered a 17-year-old juvenile male on Oct. 18 around 2:30 a.m. in the area of 1635 Dorchester Ave. where a break had been called-in. Officers took note of the juvenile but didn’t detain him.

On Oct. 20, officers were called to numerous sites of car breaks on King Street, St. Mark’s Road, Glenrose Street, Ainsley Street, and several others. Detectives were able to secure video from several of the breaks and found the clothing of the alleged perpetrator to be the same as the 17-year-old they’d encountered two days prior. That was confirmed with a review of body-worn camera video from that interaction.

Officers responded to the young man’s home, in the nearby Melville-Park area, and froze the apartment pending a search warrant. The suspect returned home during that time and was taken to the station with his mother.

“Detectives, with the assistance of an interpreter, conducted a recorded interview resulting in the suspect being placed under arrest at C-11 and released to his family member,” read a statement from Boston Police. “Detectives executed a search warrant at the address and recovered clothing worn by the suspect during the incidents as well as the [window] puncture tool and sneakers. Various other items of evidentiary value were recovered to include property taken from vehicles during several of the breaks.”

Additional charges are expected to be sought in court. –SETH DANIEL