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"One notorious Santa Fe criminal accused of burglarizing dozens of businesses, several churches and a cancer center is now behind bars.VIDEO:\u00A0Santa Fe police say man responsible for 24 break-insSanta Fe police said a man addicted to drugs terrorized the city.\"We knew exactly who to look for, and James Montoya is at the top of the list,\" said Celina Westervelt with Santa Fe police.Montoya was charged with breaking into the state treasurer's office first. The 23-year-old was released from jail, and Santa Fe police said the city was hit hard with commercial burglaries days later.\"Arresting him over and over isn't helping,\" Westervelt said.Police said Montoya is responsible for at least 24 break-ins.\"It shows how much damage and detriment to the city one person's capable of,\" Westervelt said.Montoya didn't get a lot of money but left behind a lot of expensive damage, according to police.\"They just tore everything out trying to get into the Coke machine,\" said Pastor Keith Williams of Rodeo Road Baptist Church. \"When I hear that, it's very emotional.\"Some of Montoya's other alleged targets included a pet supply store and the cancer center at Christus St. Vincent Hospital. At the cancer center, police said he swiped donation jars intended for cancer research.\"When things like this happen, it's really stealing from everybody,\" said Mandi Kane with Christus St. Vincent Hospital.Police said they were able to connect all these cases to the same suspect because he admitted to most of them and through some good old fashioned police work.\"We're doing now a lot more forensic gathering. So whether it be touch DNA at scenes, finger prints, shoe prints, different kinds of forensics that we can gather. We're gathering a plethora of those when going to burglaries,\" Westervelt said.Police said Montoya generally used the same M.O., prying into doors and windows. He admitted to investigators he was a drug addict and had no other choice. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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