The suspect arrested Monday is the brother of a man charged last week with the robbery.
Jose Reyes-Oquendo
CHICOPEE – Police have arrested a second suspect in last week’s robbery of Furnari Jewelers on Memorial Drive.
Jose Reyes-Oquendo, 22, of 175 West St., Holyoke was arrested at 9:30 a.m. on Monday and charged with two counts of armed robbery while masked and larceny of a firearm. The investigation is continuing so there is a possibility of other charges being added, Sgt. Jeff Nadeau said.
Reyes-Oquendo is the brother of Reynaldo Reyes, 27, who was arrested last week in connection with the robbery, Nadeau said.
Police obtained a warrant and arrested Reyes-Oquendo at 372 Maple St., which they had as an alternative address for the suspect., according to Nadeau. Reyes-Quendo is to be arraigned in District Court this afternoon, he said.
“It is still under investigation and there may be other people involved,” Nadeau said.
Reyes-Oquendo is being accused of entering the jewelry store at about 4 p.m. on Oct. 15 and threatening the owner, Anthony J. Furnari and his assistant .
Furnari, who keeps a .38-caliber handgun on his desk, fired multiple times and shot one suspect, police said. The two suspects then fought the owner for the gun and were able to wrestle it from him, which led to the charge of larceny of a firearm, Nadeau said.
Furnari suffered a broken nose, concussion, a fractured rib and multiple cuts and bruises, was treated at the hospital and released.
When the men fled, they left a handgun they were carrying behind, he said.
The man who is believed to have been shot during the incident, Reynaldo Reyes, 27, of 372 Maple St., checked into Baystate Medical Center several hours after the robbery with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. He has non life-threatening injuries and was charged with armed robbery while masked and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Reyes has denied the charges, and bail was set at $500,000.
Police have not determined the total amount of jewelry that was taken. Furnari said the robbers took at least one velvet covered board filled with gold chains.