An man has been charged with nearly 100 break and enters, car thefts and burning out a vehicle in Orange and across the region.
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The string of offences, ranging from Bathurst to Bourke, led to a 20-year-old man being arrested at Orange Police Station on Wednesday morning following an investigation from Strike Force Peppin.
Police allege the man robbed a number of service stations, clubs, shops and homes at villages and towns within the Central West, Orana Mid-Western and Chifley Police Districts between February and June in 2019.
The man will face court charged with 93 offences, the majority for break and enter, and has been charged with stealing a number of cars and setting one alight in early 2019.
Central West Police District Chief Inspector Peter Atkins said the strike force was put together to deal with break and enters.
"Police in the Central West Police Distirct established Strike Force Peppin in relation to a number of break and enter and steals in service stations and properties around the Central West and surrounding areas in 2019," he said.
"They have occurred in surrounding villages such as Millthorpe and areas within Chifley and Orana police district but mainly in the Central West."
Some of the properties broken into are rural properties.
The man's been charged with six counts of stealing a car as well as "a number" of car-related offences.
"He's been charged with a large lumber of offences related to aggravated break and enter, large number of steal from motor vehicles and participation in criminal enterprise," Chief Inspector Atkins said.
Chief Inspector Atkins said it was a "great" outcome that the matter was finally before the courts.
He declined to say if there would be more arrests, saying Strike Force Peppin is an "ongoing investigation".
The man was formally refused bail on Thursday at Orange Local Court, and will appear in the same court on Monday, February 10.
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