cash and personal property from residents was jailed for a year by a magistrate yesterday.

David Anthony Dill, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and to violently resisting arrest. And he asked Senior Magistrate the Wor.

Will Francis to take five other counts of theft into consideration.

Insp. Peter Duffy, prosecuting, said on June 10, the 23-year-old stole $1,942 worth of items from a Pembroke resident between the hours of midnight and 6.30 a.m.

He said that all of the items, except for goods and cash valued at $674, had since been recovered.

On June 20, between 4.30 a.m.-6.30 a.m., Insp. Duffy said Dill made off with $1,672 of property from a Devonshire resident. He said that $1,287 worth of the items remained missing.

Between 10.30 p.m. and 7.30 a.m. during June 22-23, Dill entered the home of a second Devonshire resident, stealing $1,735 in cash and goods. Insp. Duffy said $300 in cash, a $100 traveller's cheque and the resident's passport were still missing.

Between 10 p.m. and 10.30 a.m. on the same days, Dill stole $732 in cash and items from a third Devonshire resident, of which $35 was still missing.

Insp. Duffy said at 11 a.m. on June 23, officers investigating the thefts came upon Dill in a wooden shack to the rear of a house on Cedar Park Avenue. He said when informed he would be arrested, Dill struggled violently and attempted to escape. He was eventually subdued and handcuffed.

After his arrest, Insp. Duffy said Dill cooperated with Police, admitting the offences and asking that five others be taken into consideration.

He told the officers he spent the money on drugs and took them to various locations from where they recovered some of the stolen property.

Insp. Duffy said Dill, a cocaine addict, has expressed a desire to change his ways but has recently failed to attend scheduled appointments at Addiction Services.

He said that Dill "has a fairly extensive career in crime for a relatively young man'' dating back to June 26, 1989.

"I'm sorry for my actions,'' Dill told Mr. Francis. However Mr. Francis said he had no choice but to send Dill to jail.

"You've been give many chances and most recently were given probation but then you come up with this...,'' he said.

He ordered a 12-month sentence on each of Dill's five charges but allowed them to run concurrently.