BROOKLINE — Police say a Boston man arrested last week has been charged in connection 19 break-ins, seven of them in Quincy.

Jargle Soto-Suazo, 33 was arrested Thursday while leaving the scene of an alleged burglary in Brookline. He was additionally charged Monday with breaking and entering in the nighttime to commit a felony, attempted breaking and entering, possession of burglary tools and receiving stolen property.

The Middlesex County district attorney's office said in a statement that the charges stemmed from 19 burglaries in five cities and towns.

Soto-Suazo is expected to be arraigned in Quincy District Court later this week. His bail was set at $40,000 at a bail review hearing Monday.

Police said officers searching Soto-Suazo's house and car found watches, small jewelry items, a gun and an iPad that were reportedly stolen from homes in several communities. A task force of several police departments is investigating the burglaries.

In a series of burglaries dating back to September, police said Soto-Suazo would typically enter homes through second-story windows between 4 and 11 p.m. using a pry bar. Police said several victims were home at the time of the break-ins.

Quincy police said Soto-Suazo was caught on surveillance footage during the break-ins around the city.

Besides the seven in Quincy, Soto-Sauzo is accused of six break-ins in Brookline, four in Medford, one in Watertown and one in Arlington. Prosecutors said more charges could follow.