OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – One of the two men accused of stealing a pair of forklifts from an Appleton business has pleaded not guilty at arraignment.
Jason Havel of Appleton faces two felony counts of Theft of Movable Property Exceeding $10,000.
The 42-year-old is charged along with 52-year-old John Forbes, who was expected to waive his preliminary hearing Monday, for reportedly stealing two $13,300 forklifts from Valley Packaging and selling them to another business for $2,000 apiece.
Havel has a pre-trial conference for the March 2016 incident set for July 11.
The two are also charged together in Winnebago County for allegedly stealing 1,700 cases of diapers from Valley Packaging. Those diapers were being stored for the Fox Cities Diaper Bank, which provides assistance to low-income families.
Both are due back in a Winnebago County courtroom on May 15: Havel for a pre-trial conference and Forbes for an arraignment hearing.
