Group accused of robbing 20 homes throughout Long Island
Eyewitness News
(Long Island - WABC, July 31, 2007) - The search is on for the alleged leader of a burglary ring on Long Island.
He's accused of recruiting landscapers and day laborers to help do his dirty work. The group is accused of robbing up to 20 homes in Manhasset Hills.
Long Island reporter Emily Smith has the story.
One of the most wanted men in Nassau County is seen on surveillance video wearing a light blue shirt and black satchel in an undisclosed store in the Roosevelt Field Mall. Cops tell us Pablo Castro was filling out an application for a credit card using stolen ID's from people on Long Island.
"When we put a flag on a credit card and find out it's been used and then ask for surveillance video we compare that to our records and images," said Nassau County Det. Lt. Ray Cote.
And in a countless number of cases Pablo Castro comes up as a match.
So far, cops say they have some of his accomplices -- including the woman seen on camera behind the man in blue stripes putting shoes on the counter.
Through other arrests, police say they caught up with her in a Suffolk County Holiday Inn with a picture of Castro, taken with a stolen camera and jewlery -- hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in her hotel room.
As recent as this week police believe Castro's been rounding up a new pack of day laborers to help burglarize high-end homes in Manhasset Hills and New Hyde Park.
In June, cops say Castro himself broke into a home on Old Court House Road but didn't take a thing since police say a teenage girl was right there when he climbed in a back window.
"She screamed ... he ran ... and later he was identified ... as Pablo Castro and we are actively seeking his arrest," Cote said.
Authorities say if you have any tips, you're asked to call 1-800-244-TIPS.
Why, am I not surprised. Greed, it is not enough they get the no tax, no benefits, cheap labor, etc.. I could see how this could happen, these people are more or less invisible and disappear with ease. Move to another State and set up all over again. Freebies in every State, new name, new benefit programs, being forced on the states by the federal government with help from La Raza.
Common Sense and Persistance. Do not shoot from the hip, read and learn.
Getting bold, aren't they? We need MORE of this. The worse the better. In fact, we need to make sure illegal gangs, rapists, murderers, carjackers, and home invaders get easier access to the homes and persons of people in the media.
I just wonder how wide spread this is? It makes perfect since, they already have the people in these homes they intend to rob, and all the time these people are thinking they are getting over on them by the cheap slave labor practice. What goes around comes around.
I just wonder how long it is going to take before the Insurance Companies start speaking up. They are the ones who are paying for alot of this.
Common Sense and Persistance. Do not shoot from the hip, read and learn.
Only way insurance companies will speak up is to cancel coverage just like the do every time there is a problem. I never get a renewal notice without new exceptions.
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