Embury Avenue, east of Central. PG photo
By Paul Goldfinger
The Neptune Township Police Department announced today that Mark Alan Nicastro, age 50, of Embury Avenue, was charged with two counts of burglary, 2 counts of criminal mischief and single counts of theft and drug paraphernalia possession.
Nicastro had been arrested last Thursday, January 12, 2012, after he forcibly entered a summer home on the second block of Embury Avenue, police said. A neighbor had heard the home’s security alarm activate and saw the suspect leave the property. The police were called , and the suspect was arrested a short distance from the crime scene.
The police also linked him to a January 3 burglary of an apartment on Mt. Hermon Way.
Today, Nicastro, an unemployed house painter, is incarcerated at Monmouth County Correctional Institute in Freehold on $120,000 bail.
Once again, the NTPD encourages the public to report suspicious activity immediately to the police by calling 9-1-1.