Ariel Castro: Arrest Record, Cleveland House Where Women Held Captive Was In Foreclosure, Neighbors And Bandmates Weigh In

Ariel Castro, accused of holding three women captive for years, was seen in his Cleveland neighborhood as a "good guy" and upstanding citizen, according to reports from neighbors.

Castro, who has been accused, along with his brothers, of kidnapping and holding three women for a decade, is a former school bus driver. He's also a local musician and a well-liked resident of Cleveland's Seymour Avenue.

Castro's Facebook page lists him as having worked for Grupo Fuego, a "Tropical/Merengue" band formed in Cleveland in 1999. Today, however, the band posted a note correcting this.

"For some reason we don't understand, he decided to list our band as an employer on his Facebook page," the posting says. "To set the record straight, he is not a member of Grupo Fuego, and in our 14 year span as a band, he performed as a sub twice in the year 2008, once in August, and once in November of that year."

Castro  has a previous arrest record. Castro was arrested for domestic violence in 1993, but a grand jury did not indict him. Public records also indicate that Castro owned the Cleveland home where the three women were found. The house was in foreclosure due to unpaid in real estate taxes totaling thousands of dollars.

In the chilling 911 call victim Amanda Berry made, she said "I'm Amanda Berry. I've been on the news for the last 10 years." She told officers she had been abducted and begged them to return before Castro came back.

Details of the conditions of the three women were not released, but police said they were physically healthy but taken to a hospital for evaluation and to be reunited with relatives.

Chillingly, a six year old was also found in the Castro home.

Neighboring residents and family were struck by the allegations that the women were held captive for over a decade. In

Neighbor Juan Perez told press, "He was a nice guy, he would come around and say hi. He gave the kids rides up and down the street on his four-wheeler. I've known him since I was like five or six years old myself, he would asked me if I wanted a ride. He seemed like he was a good guy to the kids that were here, I don't think he had any bad (attention).

However, there were also signs something wasn't right. Perez described Castro as stopping at the home sometimes 10 minutes or an hour at a time, and says he thought Castro owned other property.

 "Now it's like, red-flag, red-flag, red-flag, somebody should've said something and my sister actually a few years ago heard a scream and she called police....He was a fun guy. I mean, parents trusted him. He talked to the parents. He was just a regular guy on the street. He put on that great mask that everyone thought he was a good guy.'

Also in shock due to the allegations, the suspects' uncle, Julio Castro, told CNN: "I never want to see them again. For me, it's bad on one side and good on the other side."