A 44-year-old man with a history of burglary was charged Friday with breaking into a church in Huntington Beach.

Huntington Beach police arrested Juan Carlos Montiel Wednesday on suspicion of burglarizing First Christian Church at 1207 Main St., according to Corbin Carson, a spokesman for the Huntington Beach Police Department. A church employee confronted the suspect early Aug. 17.

The suspect appeared to be an electrician with tools who said he was responding to a power outage in the area, Carson said. The church employee was suspicious because the power was not out and had him leave the property.

Evidence at the break-in and surveillance video aided investigators in determining a suspect in the burglary, Carson said, adding that Montiel is suspected in church burglaries in Fountain V

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