dover police say a man they believe to be the so called 'rat burglar' who cut holes to tunnel into buildings has been arrested in maryland authorities said in a news release thursday that 49 year old thomas k jenkins of capitol heights, maryland, was arrested last month by deputies with the prince george's county sheriff's office 'rat burglar': thomas k jenkins, pictured is accused of robbing 18 dover businesses  from september 2014 to february 2015, jenkins allegedly carried out 18 commercial robberies in dover, delaware, authorities there said 'during the investigation it was learned that the prince george’s county sheriff’s department had a series of burglaries that were similar in nature to the eighteen committed in dover,' the release said thomas jenkins has been accused by the dover police department of robbing multiple businesses they are:  maple dale country club  manlove auto parts  sovereign properties  morgan properties  u and i builders  amco check cashing  colonial investment  1st capital mortgage  advantage travel  ancient way massage  tranquil spirit massage/spa  christopher  asay massage  morgan communities  vincenzo's restaurant  happy fortune chinese restaurant  happy 13 liquors  del one credit union  pizza time  melvin's auto service  source: dover police department/the news journal  a car was found behind a building where a robbery took place and led  deputies in maryland to consider jenkins as a suspect, authorities said law enforcement later found jenkin's car and tracked where he went, dover police said police say jenkins had cut a hole in the roof of a commercial business in maryland on march 9 and deputies arrested him as he fled according to dover police, 'jenkins was found in possession of 45 caliber handgun that was stolen from a business in delaware state police troop 9 jurisdiction a search of jenkins vehicle revealed an additional 45 caliber handgun stolen from the same business' jenkins is being held in maryland and will face 72 charges involving the 18 burglaries in dover when he is returned to delaware the charges he is facing break down to: four counts of wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony, eighteen counts of third degree burglary, eighteen counts of possession of burglary tools, fourteen counts of theft under $1,500, and eighteen counts of criminal mischief, two of which are felonies, authorities said cpl mark hoffman with the dover police department told the news journal that delaware state police are planning to file charges over a 19th robbery at melvin's auto service, which reportedly occurred in a part of dover where jurisdiction is held by state police sharon hutchison, who works at one of the businesses jenkins allegedly robbed, told the newspaper 'he cut through two layers of drywall, studs and insulation' the prince george's county sheriff's department did not immediately return a request for information on what charges jenkins is facing there
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thomas k jenkins, 49, was arrested last month by deputies with the prince george's county sheriff's office, authorities said  police say jenkins had cut a hole in the roof of a commercial business in maryland on march 9 and deputies arrested him as he fled  jenkins is accused of carrying out multiple robberies in dover, delaware  he is facing 72 charges from the dover police department for 18 robberies  the delaware state police is planning to file charges over a 19th robbery, which occurred in a part of dover where jurisdiction is held by state police 