A 20-year-old Vicksburg man found in possession of many items reported stolen in 14 auto burglaries during the past three days was arrested early this morning, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said today.

Walker S. Biedenharn, 20, 4345 Bovina Cutoff Road, was taken into custody at 1:50 this morning, said Pace.

“He is now charged with receiving stolen property, but as the investigation continues, we anticipate the charges will be upgraded to auto burglary, possibly as early as this afternoon,” said the sheriff.

Biedenharn was being held at the Warren County Jail without bond pending an initial court hearing today.

The burglaries had been reported in and near the Openwood, Lake Forest and Dogwood Lakes subdivisions and off Culkin Road. Two were reported Sunday, seven Monday and five Tuesday.

Items reported stolen included loaded handguns, computers, wallets and cash, all taken from unlocked vehicles on Fairways Drive, Newit Vick Drive, Brookwood Drive, Emerald Way, Beauregard Drive, Lake Forest Drive, Dogwood Lake Drive and Chadwick Place.

“We were able to recover a surveillance tape from near where some of the burglaries took place,” Pace said. “From that, we were able to identify a vehicle that placed (Biedenharn) in the area. There was also a witness who identified a white male and that vehicle, and with that description we were able to identify this individual and obtain a search warrant for his residence, where we recovered some of the property.”

Pace said deputies Randy Lewis, Sam Winchester and Todd Dykes went to Biedenharn’s home around 8 p.m. Tuesday with the search warrant. Biedenharn was not at home, but in the course of about two hours at the house, deputies found two golf clubs, an ice chest, a PlayStation 3 game system, a satellite radio, an iPod touch and many other items that had been reported missing from the vehicles, including prescription medication bearing the names of more than one of the victims, Pace said.

A deputy remained in the area and arrested Biedenharn without incident when he returned home early this morning, said the sheriff.

After arresting Biedenharn, deputies recovered one of the handguns reported stolen, a .45-caliber pistol, beneath a bridge on Warriors Trail, Pace said. Another stolen weapon, a .380-caliber loaded handgun, had not been recovered.

Pace said Biedenharn has no record of criminal arrests in Warren County.