Two teenagers were charged on Wednesday in connection with the attempted jewelry store robbery that ended in the shooting of a Woburn Police Officers.
Allegra Martinez, 18, and Erianiss Murillo, 17, both from Dorchester, were arranged in Woburn District Court this week on Massachusetts Crimes of Violence Charges, including Armed Robbery While Masked; Gun Crimes Charges, and Assault with Intent to Murder.
According to Middlesex County prosecutors, Allegra Martinez, the daughter of a Boston Police Officer, and Erianiss Murillo, were involved in the attempted robbery of Musto Jewelers. Prosecutors allege that the store was cased a few days before the incident when two women came into the store and asked store employees how many people worked there. A few days later, on September 6, two women and two men returned to the store.
Prosecutors allege that Murillo rang the door bell, and when she was buzzed in, two men, Hector Baez Cruz, 21, and Antonios Matos, 25, went through and attempted to rob the store.
Woburn Police Officer Robert DeNapoli was one of the first police officers to respond to the scene. He was allegedly shot by Antonios Matos. DeNapoli survived the shooting, but reportedly lost his right index finger and was his left eye was injured.
Meanwhile, Antonios Matos was shot by other officers. He was arrested on scene that day.
Hector Baez Cruz, Allegra Martinez and Erianiss Murillo were reportedly able to get away, but Baez Cruz was arrested a few weeks later. Martinez and Murillo were allegedly linked to the robbery by cell phone records.
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