The Edinburg Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a burglary investigation.

Edinburg police were contacted by a halfway house that identified the suspect as 48-year-old Gerardo Lopez Jr, according to a news release.

Lopez was arraigned on Friday and charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for crack cocaine and cocaine, and also burglary of a habitation.

His bond was set at $350,000 bond, and it was revealed during his arraignment that he had nine prior convictions for burglary of a habitation.

The burglary occurred at the 1300 block of North Closner Boulevard between October 1 at 10 p.m. and October 2 at 9:20 a.m.

According to a news release, surveillance footage showed a man outside the building looking through windows and walking the proper

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