LOCKPORT – One of two Niagara Falls men charged with trying to steal copper pipe from a vacant home in that city April 6 was arraigned on a four-count indictment Friday in Niagara County Court.
Jose C. Rivera, 22, of Fourth Street, pleaded not guilty to third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest and attempted petit larceny.
Also indicted on the same charges but not yet arraigned was Alberto A. Torres-Roman, 18, of Michigan Avenue.
Police said a neighbor called 911 about intruders at the Seventh Street house, and officers caught one of the suspects at the scene and the other after a brief foot chase. About 150 feet of freshly cut copper pipe was found stacked in the basement as water leaked from damaged pipes, police reported at the time.
Jose C. Rivera, 22, of Fourth Street, pleaded not guilty to third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest and attempted petit larceny.
Also indicted on the same charges but not yet arraigned was Alberto A. Torres-Roman, 18, of Michigan Avenue.
Police said a neighbor called 911 about intruders at the Seventh Street house, and officers caught one of the suspects at the scene and the other after a brief foot chase. About 150 feet of freshly cut copper pipe was found stacked in the basement as water leaked from damaged pipes, police reported at the time.