BANGOR – Days after being indicted on forgery and theft charges, a 21-year-old Bangor man was arrested Thursday in connection with a string of burglaries earlier that morning.

Nicholas Swoboda is being charged with four felonies, two counts of burglary, one count of theft and one for violation of bail conditions, according to police. The investigation is continuing and others could be charged.

Bangor police were first called to Palm Street shortly after 3 a.m. for a report of suspicious activity in the area of 97-98 Palm St. Eight minutes later, a man on Mount Hope Avenue reported a possible burglary in progress a half-block away at the Mount Hope Variety Store.

The man living near the store said he was awakened by someone who tried to kick in the door on the store’s north side and then went to the front glass door and pulled on it repeatedly before fleeing, the man told Officer Russell Twaddell. The suspect was described as being 6 feet tall and wearing a dark jacket and a watch cap.

In checking other businesses in the area, Sgt. Thomas Reagan found that someone had broken into the Garland Street Laundromat, having removed the screen and broken a double pane window. The window was closed but unlocked and there were lights on inside, Reagan reported.

Later Thursday morning, the manager arrived to find that the safe and other things in the office had been moved and a $1 bill was on the floor.

Fresh boot prints were found leading from the window on the Elm Street side of the laundromat toward the front of the building and then headed back. The boot prints with their clove-shaped lugs matched those left at the Mount Hope Variety store as well as the boots that Swoboda was found to be wearing, reported Officer Erik Tall.

Swoboda lives at 97 Parkview Ave., just around the corner from the laundromat, according to police and he and several other people were found in the area of the burglaries that morning. When confronted by police at about 4 a.m., Swoboda claimed he was coming from the bars, and the police pointed out that the bars had closed three hours earlier. Swoboda changed his story and had no good explanation for being where he was, according to police reports.

Burglaries were also reported at 40 High St. and at Babcock’s Kustom Upholstery on Forest Avenue. The owner reported that his door had been forced open and that nine business checks were missing from the middle of the checkbook. He hadn’t noticed the checks were missing until KeyBank and the Shop ‘n Save supermarket at the Airport Mall called him to report that someone was trying to cash his checks.

Several other people were found in the area early Thursday morning, although it wasn’t clear whether they were involved.