BARNSTABLE — A 70-year-old East Sandwich man accused of destroying up to $12,000 worth of lobsters at a seafood market last week pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court.
Sandwich police charged Joseph A. Vaudo with one count of vandalizing property and one count of using another’s commercial dumpster at Superior Lobster & Seafood in Sandwich.
During his arraignment, Judge John M. Julian appointed an attorney for Vaudo and set his bail at $1,000. Julian also ordered that he stay away from staff and the business.
His pretrial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 25.
Vaudo told the Cape Cod Times on the phone Monday that he was not guilty, but he did not say anything else before hanging up.