BELCHERTOWN — Two Chicopee men were arraigned Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a woman outside a New Ludlow Road strip club in South Hadley early Monday.
Asiah Peltier, 24, and Marcus McPhail, 19, each pleaded innocent in Eastern Hampshire District Court to charges of armed robbery, possession of a large-capacity firearm, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, possession of a large-capacity firearm while in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm without a firearms ID card and receiving stolen property valued above $250.
A third co-defendant, Anthony J. Martinez, 20, of 17 Asinof Ave., Chicopee, pleaded innocent to identical charges Monday.
According to court documents, at about 1:50 a.m. Monday, a woman was walking to her car when the three men allegedly pulled up in a white Jeep Cherokee, showed her a 9 mm handgun and demanded money.
The woman handed the men her purse, which contained $300 and other personal items. Later she described for police the make and model of the car along with some of the numbers on the license plate.
Using that information, police were led to Martinez's apartment Monday morning, where he was located along with the vehicle and the weapon, which was loaded with a large-capacity magazine holding 12 rounds of ammunition.
Once in custody, Martinez reportedly told police that McPhail was the driver of the getaway vehicle and that he and one of the other co-defendants had stolen two similar handguns from a house in Springfield. The second handgun, he said, might still be in the possession of one of the other two men, according to court documents. That investigation is ongoing, police said.
All three men are being held on $25,000 cash bail and are scheduled to reappear in court Aug. 4.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com.
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