BEND, Ore. – A 38-year-old Bend man has been arrested theft and burglary charges, accused of breaking into one home, stealing items, and trying to enter four others in a southeast Bend neighborhood, police said Saturday.

Police received a report around 8:30 a.m. on Friday from a homeowner in the 20800 block of Southeast Denver Drive, reporting her home had been broken into and items stolen, Bend Police Communications Manager Sheila Miller said.

Responding officers canvassed the area and found that the suspect was seen on surveillance video trying to enter four other homes in the area, Miller said.

With help from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect was identified as Michael Scott Delay. As it turned out, Bend officers had contacted Delay on Thursday for walking in the road less than two miles from the Denver Drive burglary.

Around 7:40 p.m., Redmond Police found Delay in the area of Northeast Blackfoot Court and took him into custody, Miller said.

Delay was arrested and taken to the Deschutes County Jail in Bend on four counts of first-degree burglary and one-count of first-degree theft.

Court records show Delay, listed as a transient, was charged a week earlier with methamphetamine possession, a Class A misdemeanor. He was granted conditional release last Monday and agreed to appear for his next hearing on Oct. 1. The release agreement also directed him to not use controlled substances without a valid prescription, associate with people who use them or frequent places where drugs are used, kept or sold.