Police said Taverna snatched the box and ran towards a gray sedan in the mall parking lot with a Girl Scout leader in pursuit.
There is no shortage of Girl Scout cookies.
Nicholas Taverna, 22, of 79 Deven St., Greenfield, and Cassidy Michalski, 25, of 18 Hoosac Road, Deerfield, were previously arraigned in Northampton District Court on charges of unarmed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and shoplifting over $100 by asportation. According to police, the two men made off with a metal box containing $392 after stealing it from a table at a Northampton Wal-Mart where a troop of Girl Scouts was selling cookies.
Police said Taverna snatched the box and ran towards a gray sedan in the mall parking lot with a Girl Scout leader in pursuit. The Scout leader, a Chesterfield resident, was dragged by the car and thrown to the ground, breaking his nose.
Michalski later told police that he and Taverna had gone to Wal-Mart to steal cell phones to trade for heroin. In passing by the table, Taverna asked the Girl Scouts how much money was in the box, then snatched it and fled, police said.
Both men have since been indicted by a Hampshire County grand jury. Michalski was arraigned on March 19, Taverna on March 25. Both men pleaded innocent to all charges. Bail had been set in District Court at $5,000 for each man. Taverna and Michalski have posted bail and were released June 26 pretrial hearings.