Montana Pair arraigned in hotel theft

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Jul 5, 2009 at 6:46 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jul 5, 2009 at 6:46 PM MDT

KALISPELL - A Kalispell man and a Columbia Falls woman have pleaded not guilty in the April hold-up of a Whitefish hotel.

Nineteen-year-old Derrick Irvine pleaded not guilty to robbery and 18-year-old Nicole Chappel pleaded not guilty to accountability to robbery. Both were arraigned Thursday.

On April 7, Whitefish police responded about 11 p.m. to the Holiday Inn Express after a man confronted the night clerk with what was described as a bomb or bear spray. He escaped with more than $400 from the cash register.

Chappel was a hotel employee at the time. It's alleged that Chappel showed Irvine a large amount of cash in the money drawer; and that Irvine went to the hotel and took the cash after Chappel finished her shift. The lone employee behind the front desk was not injured.

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