Authorities confirm the father of Bella Bond, the toddler whose body was found on a Boston Harbor beach earlier this summer, was arrested on a shoplifting charge.
Thirty-two-year-old Joseph Amoroso of Lynn was arrested for larceny over $250 on Tuesday at 5 Allstate Rd. in South Boston, Boston police tell necn.
Police tell necn that when he was arrested, he allegedly told officers, "Now you can tell everyone that you locked up Bella Bond's dad."
It's not clear what he's accused of stealing.
Amoroso never met his 2 1/2-year-old daughter.
Bond's mother, Rachelle Bond, and her boyfriend, 35-year-old Michael McCarthy, have been arrested in connection with the toddler's death. McCarthy is accused of murdering Bella, while Rachelle Bond was charged as an accessory after the fact.