LAGUNA NIGUEL – At least four homes were burglarized overnight when a man walked in through unlocked doors, authorities said.

Cash, jewelry, purses, prescription drugs and credit cards were taken from at least four homes, and investigators found Thursday morning evidence that someone tried to break in to two additonal homes, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

The first call of the burglaries was received just after 4 a.m. along the 21200 block of Rue De Gauguin, said Lt. Joe Balicki.

After deputies responded, more calls of burglaries in the neighborhood were reported, Balicki said.

In the Cameray Heights neighborhood, about four miles away, another two burglaries were reported, Amormino said.

Deputies searched the area early Thursday morning and stopped an 18-year-old Laguna Beach resident who was seen walking on the street while wearing socks and no shoes, Amormino said.

Investigators suspect the man took off his shoes to not make any noise as he ransacked through homes overnight.

Deputies searched Cameron Bilbrey and found him carrying the identification of one of the victims, Amormino said.

A short distance away, authorities searched Bilbrey’s Ford Escort and found several of the items that had been taken from the homes, he said.

As of noon Thursday, four burglaries were reported in the area, and deputies suspect Bilbrey attempted to burglarize two other homes, Amormino said.

Investigators are asking anyone in the area who may have found evidence of being burglarized, to contact the Sheriff’s Department.

In the four burglaries, investigators found that Bilbrey made his way in through unlocked doors, and are asking residents to remember to secure their homes overnight.

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