Two area residents face charges after allegedly robbing someone at gunpoint on Thursday.

According to the Ellicott Police Department, officers responded to a reported robbery in progress with a handgun on Water Street at 5:15 p.m. Thursday. New York State Police, Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies and Jamestown police officers searched the area and found a vehicle and Angelo L. Pollino, 29, of Lakewood, and Justin A. Beardsley, 31, of Jamestown, in Jamestown.

It is alleged the men cosnpired to commit robbery and took money from the unnamed victim at gunpoint. Pollino and Beardsley were charged with second-degree robbery and fourth-degree conspiracy, were arraigned in Ellicott Town Court and taken to the Chautauqua County Jail.