WALNUT CREEK -- A man wanted for multiple burglaries and battery is behind bars on $450,000 bail after turning himself into police Monday night.

Christopher Roberts, 26, whose last known residence was in Oakley, turned himself into police without incident shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, Walnut Creek police said.

Roberts, who had a warrant for his arrest, was wanted on multiple charges including battery on a person, annoying phone calls, vehicle theft and multiple residential burglaries.

Walnut Creek police transferred him to the county jail in Martinez, where he is being held in lieu of $450,000 bail.

Roberts had been advertised as a "wanted" suspect on the Walnut Creek Police Department's Facebook page since Sunday.

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