The sheriff’s department said that on Wednesday they had located a car matching the description of the vehicle connected to the robberies.
“The driver of the vehicle, identified as 45-year-old Malin Rostas, a resident of New York, was taken into custody for an outstanding felony warrant out of Pennsylvania for burglary,” the department said.
Local investigators “discovered Rostas was ‘Father Martin’ and had just attempted to burglarize a local church,” the sheriff’s office said.
Rostas was booked on the outstanding warrant, police said, and he will additionally be charged with the attempted burglary.
The sheriff’s office “believes there may be additional burglary victims,” they said. Investigation of the case is ongoing.
In New York last month, the scammer gained access to a Queens parish as well as the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville’s motherhouse on Long Island. He also reportedly attempted the scam at a Brooklyn parish last year.
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