NEWTON, N.H. (AP) – The fourth man wanted in connection with an alleged buried treasure scam has been arrested, police said Sunday.

Matt Ingham, 23, of Newton was arrested at his house Saturday as a fugitive from justice. He was scheduled to be arraigned in New Hampshire on Monday, said Lt. Thomas Fram of the Methuen, Mass., police department. Investigators say Ingham was part of a group of men accused of stealing a cache of old currency while doing a roofing job at someone’s home.

Barry Billcliff, 27, of Manchester, and Timothy Crebase, 24, of Methuen, pleaded innocent Friday after being arrested on charges of receiving stolen property, conspiracy and accessory after the fact.

Another man, Kevin Kozak, 27, of Methuen, surrendered Friday night. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Lawrence (Mass.) District Court on Monday on the same charges.

Investigators said Crebase confessed under questioning. Crebase said he, Billcliff and Ingham – all roofers – found the money stuffed in rusting tin cans in the gutter of a barn in Newbury, Mass. they were hired to repair, and persuaded Kozak to go along with their story, authorities said.

In the alleged confession, Crebase said Ingham planned to use proceeds to fund his rock band. Ingham’s mother disputes her son’s involvement in the alleged hoax. Janet Ingham said her son wasn’t even with Crebase and Billcliff the day police say they found the antique money.

She told WMUR-TV, “Tim (Crebase) threw him a two dollar bill and said here’s a souvenir. He didn’t know where it came from.”

Ingham said her son had come home early from Florida to turn himself in to police.

Billcliff and Crebase made national headlines by claiming they dug up buried treasure worth as much as $125,000 from the yard of the home in Methuen owned by Kozak, which he rented to Crebase.

Their lawyers said last week that Billcliff and Crebase were sticking to their story.

Billcliff told The Boston Globe that the men did not steal the money from the Newbury barn, but admitted that he and the others made up parts of their story to discourage others from coming to the home where they claim they found the money.

“It’s our fault we misdirected a lot of people,” he said. “There’s nothing malicious. We created this mess, but it’s going to work itself out. We just didn’t want gold diggers going out and digging up the yard.”

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