Berkeley Detectives Charge Seaside Heights Man With Jewelry Theft In Holiday City

Berkeley Township police have charged a Seaside Heights man with burglary and theft at a Portsmouth Drive home in Holiday City, Police Chief Karin T. DiMichele said.

Police responded to the unoccupied home on a report of burglary on Dec. 12. The resident told police that someone had unlawfully entered the home and taken valuables, including jewelry, the chief said.

“Some pieces that were described had specific identifiers unique to the owners,” DiMichele said.

Detectives conducted a follow-up investigation that uncovered similar jewelry that was being sold by Dino Casciotti, 40, Seaside Heights, the chief said.

The victim positively identified the items as hers. Casciotti was later located by the Toms River Police Department and arrested. Municipal Court Judge James Gluck set his bail at $7,500 cash. He was taken to the Ocean County Jail in Toms River, DiMichele said.

“It is noted that Cascotti was arrested in 2010 for a burglary to a home in the senior community of Holiday City and this past case history help lead to his arrest in this incident,” the chief said.