A man thought police couldn’t see him, but he was wrong.

Joseph Elder of Wayne is accused of stealing cash from a Ramada Inn and attempting to hide his identity by throwing “Casper the Ghost-style" bed sheets over himself, authorities said Wednesday.

Township police went to the Ramada Inn on Route 46 on Saturday after a report of a theft at the front desk, Capt. Lawrence Martin said in a statement. Police determined Elder entered the hotel from the closed former “Tilted Kilt” restaurant and “attempted to conceal his identity with a Casper the Ghost-style bed sheets with holes cut out.”

Elder, police said, jumped the hotel desk counter to take money from a cash register and left through the closed restaurant. Martin said Elder was found by police to be staying in one of the rooms at the Ramada Inn.

The 59-year-old remains in Passaic County Jail, according to jail records, on burglary and theft charges.

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