JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 38-year-old-man and a woman already facing state charges over three deaths during a Mississippi robbery now face federal charges.
Joshua Garcia, of Vancleave, pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to robbery, discharging a firearm causing the murder of three individuals, and being a felon in possession of a gun. Thirty-six-year-old Jamison Townsend, of Blue Springs, Missouri, is scheduled to appear Friday on charges of robbery and discharging a firearm causing the murder of three individuals.
Both could face the death penalty if convicted.
Police say 81-year-old Cleveland Mosley, 60-year-old Robert Ivy and 77-year-old Ted McLemore were killed Dec. 17 in a Jackson pawn shop robbery.
Garcia and Townsend are also suspected of robbing two Mississippi Gulf Coast pawn shops.
They were later arrested near Junction City, Kansas.
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