A car break-in at a downtown church on Sunday led to the arrest of two Framingham men on larceny and drug charges, a prosecutor said Monday in Framingham District Court.
Julien King, 19, and Art Taylor, 20, were arrested at 12:35 p.m., after police investigated a car break-in at St. Tarcisius Church on Cedar Street, prosecutor Sarah Affel said during their arraignments.
The car owner told police his wallet, containing $802 was missing. The cash included a $2 bill and a $100 bill with a piece of tape on the corner. Also stolen was a cellphone.
While police were there, another churchgoer reported that their license plates were stolen.
Two hours after police began their investigation, they stopped a car with the stolen license plates, Affel said. King and Taylor were inside, Affel said.
Taylor had money in his pocket, and claimed King gave it to him.
"He said Mr. King gave him the money and told him to buy dope for him," Affel said.
When police frisked Taylor, he had a prescription bottle full of heroin, she said.
Also in the car was $702, including a $2 bill and a $100 bill with tape on the corner. The rest of the money was missing, Affel said.
King, of 82 Mellen St., and Taylor, of 624 Hollis St., were both charged with receiving stolen property worth more than $250, receiving stolen property worth less than $250 and conspiracy to violate the state's drug laws.
Taylor was also charged with distribution of heroin.
Affel asked that both men be held on $1,000 bail. The probation department also asked that King be held without bail pending a probation violation hearing. King has missed several drug tests since being placed on probation for a heroin possession case.
Their lawyer, Donna Paruti, argued for King to be released. She said he recently became a father and it was going to be his new family's first holiday season together.
Judge Sarah Singer ordered King held on $1,000 bail and ordered him held without bail pending a probation violation hearing on Dec. 12.
Taylor's family petitioned the court to send him to a court-ordered detox facility. Taylor begged Singer to let him out on $500 bail and he would go to detox on his own.
"I'm not a bad kid, I'm a good kid," said Taylor. "I'm just messed up on drugs."
Singer ordered Taylor held without bail until today to see if there was a bed at the court-ordered detox facility. There was not one available on Monday. Taylor is due back in court on Dec. 12.
Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com. For up-to-date crime news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter at @Norman_MillerMW.
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