Crime & Safety

Bar Trespasser Admits To Breaking Into Hooley House

Angelo Vitolo pleaded guilty to aggravated trespassing; will be sentenced Aug. 20

The man has pleaded guilty to aggravated trespassing.

Angelo Vitolo, 23, of Willoughby, pleaded guilty Monday in .

Judge John Trebets scheduled Vitolo's sentencing for Aug. 20. He also ordered Vitolo pay restitution to the Hooley House and have a mental health evaluation.

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Trebets could choose to sentence Vitolo to as much as six months in jail when he is sentenced.

Vitolo broke into the Hooley House after it had closed July 29.

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When police arrived, they found Vitolo by the bar drinking a jack and coke with a cherry on top that he had made himself, police said.

He initially claimed to work for the bar but police arrested him when they found that wasn't true.

Vitolo got into trouble again after he was arrested. He ripped the smoke detector from the ceiling of his jail cell and shoved it in his toilet, trying to make it overflow, police said.

Vitolo was also charged with theft and petty vandalism. However, those charges were dismissed as part of his plea bargain.

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