Warren, Hubbard men plead innocent in separate break-ins

STAFF REPORT

WARREN — Three men from Warren and Hubbard have pleaded innocent to charges filed against them in break-ins discovered Monday afternoon and early Tuesday at vacant homes in the city.

Brian J. Schuster, 41, of Stonybrook Drive, Hubbard, and Raymond D’Annunzio, 47, of Larchmont Avenue, Warren, each entered innocent pleas Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court to a felony-burglary charge after police arrested them at a house on Wildwood Drive Northeast.

Both men are in the Trumbull County Jail without eligibility to make bond. Both will appear for a preliminary hearing at 10:15 a.m. Feb. 25. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison upon conviction.

Police arrested Schuster and D’Annunzio after a police officer drove past a home on Wildwood about 3 a.m. Tuesday that the officer knew was vacant. He saw two men standing in the doorway to the home with the garage door open.

After driving around the block, the officer returned to the house and saw a tow truck in the driveway. It had been called to provide gasoline for the car Schuster and D’Annunzio were using, the police report said.

Officers questioned Schuster and D’Annunzio at the residence and contacted the homeowner. Officers determined that Schuster and D’Annunzio did not have permission to be there, police said.

Officers also went to the basement, where they found copper pipe hangers on the floor and copper pipes and copper wiring hanging down, apparently in preparation for removal, police said.

Anthony P. Cox, 23, of Mercer Avenue Northeast, pleaded innocent in municipal court Tuesday to charges of breaking and entering and resisting arrest in the other break-in.

A judge set his bond at $3,500, and his next hearing will be at 1:30 p.m. March 9.

Police arrested Cox about 12:30 p.m. Monday in a break-in at a vacant home in the 1400 block of Elm Road.

Officers were called to the home on a report that someone was breaking into a home and putting a microwave oven into a teal- colored car.

Officers located a car matching that description at Cox’s house. They went inside through an open front door and located Cox in the basement.

Police said that after a scuffle that caused an injury to an officer’s knee and thumb, officers arrested Cox.

If convicted, Cox could get a year or more in prison.