Ponca City Police arrested a 24-year-old man Monday morning in connection with several auto burglaries and a burglary of a home.

Demetri Jerome Cassady, 24, was arrested at 7:52 a.m. Monday in the 2600 block of Bluestem. A suspect vehicle was located at Northeast Baptist Church, police said.

Owners of several vehicles reported burglaries in the Bluestem and Donner Place area in the early morning hours on Monday. The first report was made at 5:53 a.m. Monday on Bluestem, where two guns were reported stolen. While taking that report, officers reported hearing gunshots in the area, but were unable to locate where they were fired. 

At least nine reports were made to police, and at 7:52 a.m. Monday, a homeowner reported a man tried to get inside his residence on Bluestem. Cassady was arrested there on complaints of knowingly concealing stolen property and possession of a firearm after a previous conviction.

The vehicles were all parked in the northeast part of Ponca City on North Woodlands, East Hartford, Homestead, Donner Place, Woodthrush, Cedar Lane, and Bluestem. Items stolen and recovered were a .45 caliber loaded pistol, a loaded 9mm handgun, loose change and cash, a portable DVD player, an IPod, prescription medication, Oakley brand sunglasses, a taser, a navigation system, and automatic garage door opener. Other miscellaneous items have been recovered and believed to be stolen, but no owners have identified them.

An occupied home on Donner Place was entered over-night. Items were taken from the vehicle in the drive and food was taken off of the kitchen counter.

When Police confronted Cassady in the back yard of the home in the 2600 block of Bluestem, he had the loaded firearms in the pockets of the jacket he was wearing. Police located a black bag filled with items reported stolen. Cassady had medication in a toothpick container that had not been prescribed to him.

Police also took a report on vandalism damage to a police car after Cassady was arrested.

Cassady was placed in the back seat of a patrol car and transported to the Police Department. He kicked and broke in half the interior door panel of the patrol car and displaced the weather stripping causing over $700 in damages.

Police secured a search warrant for the pickup that Cassady had driven and parked the night before in the lot of Northeast Baptist Church on Pecan. It was later released to a relative.

Cassady was transported to the Kay County Detention Facility early Tuesday afternoon. Although the investigation is continuing, current charges include: first-degree burglary, attempted second-degree burglary, eight counts of thefts from vehicles, seven counts of being in possession of stolen property, two counts of being in possession of a firearm after former conviction, two counts of possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, public intoxication and a felony count of destruction of public property.

Cassady's court records in Kay County show five felony cases since 2012, including burglary, conspiracy, knowingly concealing stolen property, larceny of an automobile and possession of controlled dangerous substances. There are also three misdemeanor cases for possession of controlled dangerous substances, breaking and entering, and malicious injury to property.