Stratford Teen Enters Plea In Milford, West Haven Fires

STRATFORD, CT — One of the Stratford teens accused of setting the fire that destroyed the Shakespeare Theater has pleaded not guilty to three other fires — two in West Haven and one in Milford, according to the Connecticut Post.

The Post reports Vincent Keller, 18, who previously pleaded not guilty to the Shakespeare Theater fire, was in court Tuesday in connection to the fires in West Haven and Milford. Keller and classmate Christopher Sakowicz, 18, were both arrested last month in connection with the vandalism and fire that occurred at the construction trailers at Silver Sands State Park in Milford on March 24. They have not been charged with the fire that destroyed three buildings under construction at Silver Sands on March 19.

The teens have also been charged in connection to two arson fires in West Haven in February — one at a vacant home on Richards Place and the other at the former Bilco Door Company, along with the January fire in a vacant building at the Southbury Training School and a fire at Good Earth Tree Care on Longbrook Avenue in Stratford that destroyed a truck last month, according to the Post.

Sakowicz, who has been held on a $175,000 bond since being arrested in the Shakespeare Theater case last month, is scheduled to appear in court on May 21, according to the Post.

Read more about Tuesday's court appearance at the Connecticut Post here.