PEORIA, Ill. – One of two men accused of taking catalytic converters off vehicles in a car dealership lot is pleading not guilty.
Derrick Kline, 30, made the plea in court Thursday, after a grand jury Tuesday charged him with two counts of Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle Parts. He and Charles Foster, 44, allegedly went to the Uftring Weston lot on War Memorial Drive November 28th and cut the parts off several vehicles.
Tools were eventually found on the lot, and the two were arrested at a motel room nearby.
Each of the two originally faced six counts, but the grand jury only filed two apiece.
Kline will be back in court February 2 ahead of a trial possibly later in the month, while Foster will be arraigned next Thursday.
