Rip Torn pleads not guilty to burglary charge

LITCHFIELD, Conn. -- Rip Torn has entered not guilty pleas to burglary and firearms charges during a court hearing in Connecticut.

Torn's attorney says the actor, currently appearing in the movie "Happy Tears" is also making progress in alcohol rehabilitation, and is now has moved from an inpatient to an outpatient program.

State police say the 79-year-old actor was so intoxicated on the night of Jan. 29 that he broke into a bank with a loaded gun thinking it was his home in Salisbury in northwestern Connecticut.

Torn received probation last year in a separate Connecticut DUI case and also had alcohol-related arrests in New York in the past.

He is due back in court on April 27.