HARDEEVILLE, SC (WTOC) - Officers with the Hardeeville Police Department have arrested a man they believe to be associated with multiple vehicle break-ins in Bluffton and Jasper County.

This comes hours after the Hardeevile Police Department announced they were launching a new public safety initiative aimed at preventing vehicle break-ins.

In a press release, officials say that at approximately 3:20 p.m., officers with the Hardeeville Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle previously identified as being connected to multiple recent vehicle break-ins in the Hilton Head Lakes and Argent Boulevard area of Hardeeville.

Through coordinated investigative efforts, Hardeeville detectives identified 29-year-old John Williams III of Jacksonville, Florida as a suspect, the relea

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