According to the Asbury Park Press, the burglar who has robbed more than $50,000 from Frum homes on Shabbos (as reported HERE on YW) has admitted to his crimes – and is facing three years in state prison.

James Mastrangelo, 44, of Carasaljo Drive, Lakewood, pleaded guilty Monday before a state Superior Court Judge – to 13 counts of burglary in a plea bargain that will require him to pay back his victims for the property he stole.

One of the break-ins occurred Jan. 6 at Kelmwood Shul from which the Pushka with more than $200 was taken. In most of the burglaries, cash and jewelry were stolen, according to the indictment. Some of the items of stolen jewelry were worth tens of thousands of dollars, police have said.