EASTHAMPTON - Since a July break-in at his antique restoration shop, an Easthampton businessman says he has beefed up an already "elaborate" security system.

An Easthampton man, Scott A. Campbell, 51, stands charged in connection with the July 9 break-in to Manhattan Restoration in the Paragon Arts and Industry building at 150 Pleasant St.

Campbell, of 46 Ridgewood Terrace, on Monday pleaded innocent to charges of breaking and entering at night with felony intent, wanton destruction of property over $250, larceny over $250, two counts of attempted larceny, two counts of forging a check, and two counts of uttering a false check.

The check-related offenses stem from allegations he stole checks from his ex-wife. The other charges are related to a thwarted break-in to Manhattan Restoration, according to a police account in Campell's court file.

Steven DelAqua, who has owned Manhattan Restoration for seven years, said several pieces in his antique restoration business were harmed in the incident.

"He did damage to some of the items, all of which can be fixed, but it's at my expense," DelAqua, of Easthampton, said in a telephone interview Wednesday. He said the damaged items, including the time it will take him to fix them, will cost him $2,500 to $3,000.

Meantime, DelAqua recounted the night of the break-in, when he said his alarm system summoned police to his shop. Officers, in turn, summoned him. He said when he and police went inside the business, they discovered Campbell hiding on the floor inside, and after an investigation, police placed him under arrest.

DelAqua said in the end all the items in his shop were kept safe thanks to security measures he has in place. "I have an extremely sophisticated and elaborate security system," said DelAqua.

In fact, he said, it was his system, with its cameras set up outside the building, that two years ago helped police make an arrest when another break-in occurred at a different Paragon business.

After last month's break-in, he said he has "reinforced the area."

He said he also obtained a stay-away order preventing Campbell from coming near his business, and he plans to ask the building's landlord to seek a similar order for the entire building.

Meanwhile, DelAqua said he is working to assure his clients - who live all over the country - that his business is secure. "It's safe for them to have their stuff here," he said.

At Campbell's arraignment Monday, Hampshire Superior Court Judge Cornelius Moriarty II set bail at $2,000. Campbell was ordered to return for a pretrial conference Nov. 21.