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Tip helps police recover stolen property

PORTALES — An anonymous tip helped the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Department quickly recover over $2,500 in stolen property Wednesday afternoon.

Heavy emphasis on the quickly part.

The tipster said that on Tuesday night, a horse trailer carrying a welder and air compressor was stolen from a property by Portales resident Justin Husted, 43, and was received by Roosevelt County resident Shawn Castaldi, 45, according to Sheriff Malin Parker.

The property was reported stolen on Wednesday and recovered at approximately 1 p.m. the same day at Castaldi’s residence east of Portales, said Parker, adding that the anonymous tip led to the quick recovery.

“We followed up on that tip and recovered the property,” Parker said. “We actually recovered the property before my deputy finished taking the report from the victim.”

Castaldi was arrested on one count of receiving stolen property and Husted was charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, felony possession of a controlled substance, and the use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both were in Roosevelt County jail on Thursday.

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