MAHWAH, N.J. – An ex-con who stole tents, tree stands, ladders and cameras used for hunting from Mahwah residents also had several guns, said police who raided his Ringwood home and busted him Thursday.
Baste Castello, 46, was arrested after township detectives watched him sell some of the goods snatched from the woods off Ramapo Valley Road and West Road at his home, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said.
As a result, Castello faces theft and criminal trespass charges out of Mahwah, weapons and possession of stolen property counts out of Ringwood and charges from the DFWC police, the chief said.
Mahwah police turned him over to Ringwood authorities, said Batelli, who praised the cooperation of the agencies while also crediting his detectives for identifying a suspect.