CUMMING — A Cumming man is getting reacquainted with familiar surroundings — the Forsyth County Detention Center — after his 12th arrest since 1996.

Timothy Eric Gibson, 39, was detained by Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies using a Taser about 4:30 a.m. Sunday after he was reportedly caught breaking into a vehicle in the area of Mary Alice Park Road.

He attempted to run from authorities before the chase ended near woods behind Old Corinth Road, which adjoins the eastern city limits.

According to the sheriff’s office, Gibson has been charged with four counts of entering auto, two counts of obstruction of officers and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and during the commission of a felony.

Gibson also had an outstanding warrant for a court order violation in Forsyth, which has resulted in him being held without bond.

Gibson is no stranger to law enforcement. Most notably, he escaped from the local detention center in May 2010 by climbing a wall with the assistance of a 21-year-old inmate.

Gibson was recaptured the next day while shopping for clothes at the Walmart on Market Place Boulevard.

A short time earlier, his then 25-year-old girlfriend, Shana Renee Armstrong of Canton, had been arrested for aiding his escape by hiding clothes nearby.

In addition to the charge for escaping, Gibson faced felony drug charges. At the time, he was three weeks into a sentence for theft by deception, theft by taking, forgery and probation violation.

He was also on probation for burglary and felony theft by shoplifting in both Forsyth and neighboring Hall counties.

According to Robin Regan, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, Gibson has been jailed in Forsyth 12 times since 1996, when he was 21. Some of the crimes have been felonies.

In Sunday’s incident, Regan said Gibson was seen in the passenger side of a vehicle parked outside a home.

A neighbor reported suspicious activity, noting the man was dressed in all black and was not likely a neighborhood resident.

Gibson was reportedly found with stolen coins, jewelry, a knife and flashlight, Regan said, and dropped “a lot of coins and a small revolver.”

Regan was not sure whether the handgun had been stolen, though convicted felons are, by law, not allowed to possess a firearm.

It was later determined that four other vehicles had been entered on the same street.