The teens provided Holyoke police with a license plate number, and Springfield police assisted in arresting the men.
HOLYOKE – Two Springfield men were arrested Saturday and charged with kidnapping, armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon after they allegedly robbed two teens on their way to play basketball.
Police said the robbery happened at 1 p.m. in the area of Jarvis Avenue and George Frost Drive. The victims were on their way to the basketball court at Sullivan School when two men approached them, and allegedly showed them a handgun, before forcing them into their car. The men drove the teens to another location and robbed them of cash and a cell phone, police said.
Anthony Muchuca, 25, of Worthington Street, and David Diaz, 24, of Layzon Brothers Road, were being held on $100,000 bail Saturday night, and are scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Holyoke District Court on the charges, police said.
The teens provided police with a license plate number, and Springfield police assisted in arresting the men.