A Socorro man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to 24 felony charges in connection with a crime spree between 2019 to 2024 , authorities said.

Armando Bejarano , 39, pleaded guilty Thursday, Aug. 7, to three counts of manufacturing or delivering of a controlled substance, 13 counts of theft of property, and two counts of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, El Paso District Attorney James Montoya announced in a news release.

Bejarano also pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal mischief, and one count each of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, burglary of a building, abandoning and endangering a child, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

"For too long, this defendant wreaked havoc on his neighbors by stealing and vandalizing their proper

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