5 Arraigned in Five Guys Stick-Up

Five Westchester residents were arraigned Thursday for allegedly robbing Five Guys Burgers and Fries in White Plains at gun point a week after it first opened.

The defendants could face 25 years in state prison if convicted on the top count of the indictment for the June 30 stick-up, according to a press release from the Westchester District Attorney’s Office.

White Plains resident Anthony Bush, 24, of 27 Washington Pl., allegedly walked into the restaurant, at 240 Main St., around 12:15 a.m. with Marcus Beechum, 22, of 2 Beech St. (White Plains address in the town of Greenburgh) and Mount Vernon resident Ricardo St. Louis, 25, of 300 Gramatan Ave.

The men were allegedly wearing rubber gloves and bandannas to cover their faces, according to police reports.

Defendant Timothy Crawford, 26, of 25 Mitchell Pl. in White Plains, was working as a cook when a .44 caliber gun was allegedly flashed and demands for cash were allegedly made by the masked men.

The defendants are accused of making off with $7,700 in cash before police located three individuals who fit the suspects’ description within minutes, according to law enforcement officials.

Crawford and the other three defendants were found near his girlfriend’s house—25-year-old Lannay Wiggins, who he was living with at the time.

Police recovered some of the money, as well as the weapon during their investigation. Crawford and Beechum were remanded to Westchester County Jail; bail was set at $150,000 for Bush; $100,000 for St. Louis and $50,000 cash or bond for Wiggins.

They were each charged with: two counts of robbery in the first degree, a class B violent felony; one count of robbery in the second degree, class C felony; one count of criminal possession of a weapon, class C felony; one count of criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, a class D felony.

St. Louis is also charged with assault in the second degree, a class D felony; for “preventing to prevent a police officer from performing lawful duty and causing him physical injury,” according to the press release.

The defendants are due back in court on Aug. 4.

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