Men Charged With McDonald's Robbery Appear In Court

STAMFORD — Two of the three men accused of robbing the McDonald's on Post Road East in Westport Jan. 11 made brief appearances in state Superior Court in Stamford Thursday.

Norwalk residents Andrew C. Danzey, 20, of 315 Ely Ave., and Carlos A. Navarrete, 19, of 55 Winfield St., were brought into a courtroom separately to have the status of their cases heard by Judge Richard F. Comerford Jr.

Both men and the third defendant in the case, Fairfield resident Titus A. Snyder, 20, of 37 Baros St., have been jailed in the Bridgeport Correctional Center since being arrested, unable to post bond.

Snyder also was to be brought to Stamford Thursday, but due to a paperwork error marshals did not transport him to court.

Danzey's bond is $100,000, Snyder's is $200,000, and Navarrete's $400,000.

All three were charged by Westport police with first-degree robbery and fourth-degree larceny.

Navarrete also faces felony charges for allegedly using a knife in January 2009 to rob a man who had just withdrawn cash from a bank's ATM on Winfield Street in Norwalk, and using a knife in June to rob a 72-year-old taxi driver in Norwalk.

Police said that during the McDonald's robbery two of the suspects were wearing gloves and black ski masks when they entered the restaurant through a back door when an employee opened it to take out garbage. One was said to be carrying a handgun wrapped in a bandana and another was brandishing a large kitchen knife.

The robbers took about $1,400 in cash and coins from the restaurant's cash drawers and safe, according to police.

Danzey once worked at the McDonald's, and police said Navarrete told them it was Danzey's idea to rob it. Navarrete also allegedly said the pistol used was a BB gun provided by Danzey and that Danzey drove them to the restaurant.

Judge Comerford scheduled the three to return to court March 2.