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OPINION & ORDER   Defendants Anthony Lauria (“Lauria”), Brian Rodriguez (“Rodriguez”), and Anthony Molina (“Molina”) (collectively, “Defendants”) are charged by Indictment with: two counts of conspiring to commit robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1951; one count of committing robbery, and aiding and abetting the same, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§1951 and 2; and one count of using and carrying a firearm that was brandished during and in relation to second robbery, and aiding and abetting the same, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§924(c)(1)(A)(i) and 2. (Indictment, ECF No. 20.) Before the Court are Defendants’ pretrial motions (1) for suppression of evidence; (2) for severance; (3) for disclosure of Rule 404(b) evidence and other crimes evidence; (4) for disclosure of Brady, Giglio, or 3500 material; (5) for inspection of grand jury records; and (6) to dismiss Count Four of the Indictment for failure to state a claim. (Lauria Memorandum of Law in Support of Motions (“Lauria Mot.”), ECF No. 65; Declaration of Samuel M. Braverman (“Braverman Decl.”), ECF No. 64, Ex. C (“Pro Se Lauria Mot.”); Rodriguez Motion to Suppress and for Other Relief, ECF No. 52 (“Rodriguez Mot.”); Molina Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Suppress, ECF No. 55, (“Molina Mot.”). For the following reasons, Defendants’ Motions are GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. BACKGROUND The facts herein are drawn from the criminal complaint filed in this matter (Complaint (“Compl.”), ECF No. 2), the Indictment, and the parties’ submissions. The three defendants are charged in in two Hobbs Act Robberies of Verizon Wireless stores: First, on August 10, 2017 in New Milford, Connecticut and second, on February 15, 2019, in Mahopac, New York. I. The 2017 New Milford Armed Robbery At approximately 7:22 p.m., on August 10, 2017, an individual — who was captured on surveillance video and allegedly identified on that video as Lauria — entered a Verizon Wireless Zone store in New Milford, Connecticut (the “New Milford Store”), and spoke to an employee about purchasing an iPhone. (Compl. 6). Lauria left the store without making a purchase, and walked toward a dark-colored Honda Accord with distinctive rims, leaving a fingerprint on the Store’s door. (Id.

5-8, 16(a)). Minutes later, two individuals allegedly identified as Rodriguez and Molina — one masked and brandishing a firearm, the other wearing a cap and sunglasses — got out of the Honda Accord, walked into the store, restrained the store’s employees with zip ties, and stole Apple iPads and iPhones valued at approximately $48,000. (Id.

 
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