Daquan Blackwood, 19, and Lamont McDonald, Jr., 18, both of Newburgh, were each charged with first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon

Daquan Blackwood, 19, and Lamont McDonald, Jr., 18, both of Newburgh, were each charged with first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.Two men have been charged with armed robbery after a cabbie they had just robbed at gunpoint followed their footprints in the snow and told police where to find them.The victim had picked up the men after 2 a.m. on Wednesday and took them to Courtney Avenue at which time one pulled a gun and held it to his head while the other man took his wallet and ripped the keys out of the car. Both men fled on foot toward Liberty Street.The tax driver followed the footprints in the snow to 75 Liberty Street where they ended at the residence.When two police officers got there, they waited for the men to exist through the back and arrested them.

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