Caught stealing cooking oil? 2 men accused of targeting Beverly restaurants

Not guilty pleas for two men accused of stealing cooking oil from two restaurants in Beverly. Osmond Velasquez Ramos is on the left, and then Jesus Escalastico is on the right. Both men from New York in court today, they're accused of stealing oil from the Anchor Pub and Grill and the Beverly House of Pizza. Prosecutors say a person passing by that area called police. He was driving by to get his coffee when he noticed the white van with a hose coming out the back of the van and into the grease trap when that individual stopped and asked the two men what they were doing one of them responded that they worked for the company and that's what prompted him to call the police noted that what he thought he was doing was legal and the other defendant Mr Escalastico was making him do the work and the lawyer of Velasquez Ramos says he was hired and didn't know that what he was doing was wrong they're both being held on five thousand dollars bill with both said they could not would not be able to pay