Lee Jones told Boston.com that the 51-year-old man was collecting bottles and cans in the Bronx’s Mullaly Park when he found the firearms-one semi-automatic assault rifle and two handguns-in a duffel bag.
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Walker is accused of breaking in to the Lincoln Stoddard Army Reserve on November 15 and stealing six rifles and 10 pistols that are valued at more than $1,000.
Authorities this week arrested a recently discharged Army Reserve soldier with a criminal history in connection with the theft of 16 guns from his former armory in Worcester.
Blood drops found at the scene were tested and match Morales’ DNA, authorities have said. He was arrested last week in Long Island and a judge ordered him to return to MA. Morales was also wearing an electric monitoring device as a condition of his release earlier this year on pending charges of raping a child.
According to the criminal complaint, Morales allegedly broke through a kitchen window at the armory and then used a power saw to cut through the roof of the storage container to reach the weapons.
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James Walker Morales, 34, of Cambridge was taken into custody in NY on Wednesday night by the Nassau County Police Department and the FBI on state and federal warrants. The weapons recovered in the recycling are only 3 of the 16 that were reported stolen.
