Man pleads not guilty to stealing bodies from cemetery
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to stealing human remains from a Massachusetts cemetery — crimes that authorities say were apparently related to Santeria religious practices.
Amador Medina, of Hartford, entered the pleas Thursday in Worcester (WUS'-tur). A judge kept Medina's bail at $100,000.
Medina and Felix Delgado, of Bridgeport, have been charged in the thefts of eight skeletons from Hope Cemetery in Worcester. Delgado pleaded not guilty last week.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say both Medina and Delgado told police they were Santeria priests. Santeria mixes Roman Catholicism with a traditional African faith and is widely practiced in the Caribbean.
Police say they found human remains at the homes of Medina and Delgado.
Medina's next hearing is March 30.