Ludlow police charged Michael S. Bryant, 21, and Daniel R. Dacruz, 20 of Ludlow, and Nathaniel M. McPhail, 17, of Chicopee with the robbery of a man Monday in the parking lot of a Center Street restaurant.
LUDLOW - Police arrested two Ludlow men and a Chicopee teen in connection with the robbery of a man in a car in the parking lot of a Center Street restaurant on Monday afternoon.
The victim reported to police that two men threatened him with a knife and a handgun inside his car at the parking lot of McDonald’s, 420 Center St., said Ludlow police Sgt. Daniel Valadas. The two men got into another car with a third man and drove off, he said.
The victim told police they made off with a cell phone, some gold jewelry and $35 in cash. He told police he knew the two men who had robbed him and had just given them a ride from the bridge at Indian Orchard.
Ludlow issued a regional look out for the three men and their vehicle and they were spotted about 30 minutes later by a state police trooper at the CVS on Center Street, Valadas said.
Arrested were Michael S. Bryant, 21, 22 Erin Lane, Ludlow, Daniel R. Decruz, 20, of 29 Letendre Ave., Ludlow, and Nathaniel M. McPhail, 17, of 268 East Main St. Chicopee.
Bryant and McPhail were charged with armed robbery. Dacruz was charged with unarmed robbery. Police added a charge of indecent exposure after he exposed his genitals to police while he was being booked at the police station.
Police found two knives in the car but the handgun was not recovered, Valadas said.
They are due to be arraigned Tuesday in Palmer District Court.