Nicholas A. Couture pleaded not guilty to 14 separate criminal counts yesterday related to the alleged torching of the Northboro Shopping Center and a Shrewsbury teacher's car.

Police said they have broken up a stolen property ring in which electronic items were stolen from cars across Worcester County and resold on the street during the past seven months.

Nicholas A. Couture this morning pleaded not guilty to 14 separate criminal counts related to the torching of the Northboro Shopping Center and a Shrewsbury teacher's car earlier this year.