Hostage in chase being honored

FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) - The Farmington Town Council is presenting a special award for courage to a 70-year-old woman who was the victim of a kidnapping after a Bristol bank robbery went sour.

Marieanne Schadler is scheduled to receive the award on Tuesday during the regular meeting of the council.

Two Massachusetts men, Brendan McGarrett of Springfield and Richard Gordon of Winthrop, are accused of robbing a Webster Bank branch in Bristol.

McGarrett is accused of leading police on a high speed chase and shooting at officers. Police say he took Schadler hostage and forced her into her own home in Farmington at gunpoint. McGarrett was arrested moments later when police rushed inside.

Both suspects have pleaded not guilty.