Jayden Pearce, 29, was sentenced in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court on Thursday after he last month pleaded guilty to charges including burglary and theft.

The court heard sometime between December 31, 2020, and January 1 this year, Pearce broke into properties and cars in California Gully and North Bendigo.

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He stole items including a computer, a mountain bike, and three watches valued at $1300.

Sometime between January 5 and January 6, Pearce broke into a Renault parked on Nelson Street in California Gully and stole a backpack, which contained keys to an Isuzu.

He then broke into an Eaglehawk property where he stole antique sewing equipment and a cordless drill, valued at a total of $20,890.

In the same timeframe, Pearce also broke into properties around California Gully, East Bendigo, and Long Gully.

He stole more laptops, jewellery, passports, tools, and wallets.

Pearce was arrested in Long Gully on January 7 after he tried to flee from police on foot. He denied the offending during his police interview.

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Defence lawyer Robert Timms last month told the court Pearce had been struggling with a "raging drug addiction", which had led to an "extensive" criminal history.

Mr Timms said Pearce had been released on bail to a rehabilitation facility on May 28 but checked himself out of the centre on May 31 because he did not want to participate.

The defence lawyer said given the attempt at rehabilitation had not worked and community corrections orders had previously failed, prison was the only option.

Magistrate Russell Kelly described Pearce's actions as "serious criminal offending".

Mr Kelly noted the 29-year-old had previously been on community corrections orders that were "spectacular failures" so a lengthy jail term was the only appropriate sentence.

Pearce was convicted and jailed for 18 months, with a non-parole period of 12 months. His 205 days of pre-sentence detention were reckoned as already served.

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