ST. LOUIS – Just over two months ago, FOX 2 News reported on a robbery after a man told police he was held up at gunpoint after accepting a ride from three strangers. Two men and a woman have now been charged in the investigation.

According to probable cause statements from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers received a call for a “hold-up” just after 11 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, in the 5000 block of Goodfellow Boulevard, located in the Walnut Park West neighborhood.

Officers met with the victim, a 41-year-old man, who explained that he was at DraftKings at the Casino Queen in East St. Louis, Illinois, when the trio offered him a ride home. The victim said he accepted their offer.

The trio drove back across the Mississippi River and took the man to an alley along Goodfellow. The victim said the two men each pulled a gun on him and demanded his money.

The armed men stole approximately $2,500 in cash from the victim, struck him in the face with one of their guns, and then forced the victim from their vehicle.

Investigators reviewed security footage and observed the victim and suspects exit the casino and enter a gray 2008 Honda Civic with Ohio license plates.

Police said detectives eventually identified the trio as Jeffrey M. Burnett, 32; IE Mone D. Edwards, 27; and Jalyn T. Freeman, 32. All three had prior criminal records, with Burnett and Freeman having felony convictions.

Freeman was arrested on May 16 and remains in custody, pending a May 28 detention hearing. Arrest warrants have been filed for Burnett and Edwards.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Freeman and Edwards with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Burnett faces the same charges and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.