Former owner of Westerly quarry seeking dismissal of larceny charge
WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) — The former owner of a Westerly quarry is seeking to have a larceny charge against him thrown out.
Samual Cocopard of Chester, Connecticut, was arrested in January on charges he illegally gave away $20,000 of stone from Copar Quarries to satisfy a personal debt.
His attorney, John R. Grasso, tells the Westerly Sun that Cocopard should not have been charged, in part because he co-owned the quarry, and because there is no credible information about the value of the stone in question.
Cocopard pleaded not guilty in February and is due back in Washington County Superior Court on May 29.
Police say the stone was being given as restitution to settle a 2009 larceny charge Cocopard faced in Connecticut.
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