LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A Florida man was arrested in connection with several construction site burglaries in the Lafayette area. 

Lafayette Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is continuing its investigation into burglaries that occurred from August to November 2018. 

On November 30, detectives with LPD Special Investigations Unit located a vehicle fitting the description of the suspect vehicle seen at the burglary sites. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, identified as 27-year-old Joseph Zapata of Florida.

Police said the suspect ultimately confessed to numerous construction site burglaries around the Lafayette area.

Zapata was arrested and booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center for five counts of simple burglary, but additional charges are pending, police said.