A Mount Pocono man is in the Monroe County Correctional Facility on charges relating to a string of commercial burglaries in that borough in May and June.

Shateek Burks, 18, is facing charges of burglary, conspiracy to receive stolen property, receiving stolen property, firearms not to be carried without a license, theft, criminal trespass and flight to avoid apprehension. Following arraignment, he was jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.

Police also charged Jahlea Gary, 19, and two juvenile boys, ages 15 and 17, all from Tobyhanna, in connection with the incident.

Gary is charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. She is also incarcerated at the Monroe facility, in lieu of $10,000 bail. Police said she had been out on $15,000 bail on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, harassment, conspiracy for an incident on June 18 in Polk Township.

The 15-year-old is charged with burglary, theft and receiving stolen property while the 17-year-old is charged with hindering apprehension and related offenses. The younger youth is being held in a juvenile detention facility while the 17-year-old was released in the custody of his parents.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police said the burglaries took place at car sales and service businesses. In each case, the thieves broke into the business and stole the keys to vehicles that were located in their lots and stole the vehicles.

The series of burglaries culminated on June 22 when police were called to investigate a broken down Audi SUV on Route 196. Police determined the Audi was stolen from Precision Auto, Mount Pocono, with witnesses having identified Burks and one of the juveniles as the thieves.

While they were investigating the stolen Audi case, they were called to A Pocono Country Place where a Ford Focus was reported stolen. Police said the homeowner described the two males who were seen in the driveway stealing the Focus as Burks and one of the juveniles.

Police saw Gary, who was hiding a juvenile in the house. They later were able to get the boy out of the home, and saw Burks jump out of a window in the home and run away from it.

He was apprehended later at his mother’s residence in the Snowshoe Condominiums development. Police obtained a search warrant and ultimately obtained evidence linking Burks to many of the crimes.

Police said the burglaries include the theft of a Toyota Camry in Coolbaugh Township on May 28; a burglary at A-1 Auto, Mount Pocono, on June 13, when a BMW X3 was stolen; an attempted burglary and theft of a BMW from Pure Auto, Mount Pocono, on June 14, and an incident on June 15 when a Mercedes stolen earlier in the day from A-1 Auto was located in a garage at a property in A Pocono Country Place.