WORCESTER — A Bridgeport man arrested in connection with the theft of skeletal human remains from a Massachusetts cemetery has pleaded not guilty.
Felix Delgado Jr. was arraigned Thursday on multiple counts of disinterring a body. He was ordered held on $100,000 bail and will return to court March 15.
Delgado was arrested in Connecticut on Feb. 2 as part of an ongoing investigation involving missing human remains stolen from the two mausoleums in Hope Cemetery in Worcester.
Delgado told police he is a Santeria priest. Santeria mixes Roman Catholicism with a traditional African faith and developed in the Caribbean.
Delgado’s lawyer declined further comment on the case.
