FREMONT, Calif. - A prolific school burglar has been arrested by a Fremont school resource officer, police say.

What we know:

Christopher Britton, of Fairfield, is suspected of a series of school burglaries throughout the Bay Area. He was arrested on Monday when, during a follow-up activity in Walnut Creek, a school resource officer spotted Britton returning a rented vehicle that is believed to have been used in one of the burglaries. Authorities, in collaboration with the Walnut Creek Police Department, moved in on the suspect to make the arrest as he allegedly attempted to flee the area.

The backstory:

The Fremont Police Department said on Oct. 3, an elementary school in Fremont reported a suspicious person walking around campus. Staff then confronted the person, who gave them co

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