SLIPPERY ROCK — Two men who are accused of tying up a woman and holding her at gunpoint while they took thousands of dollars from her Brady Township home waived their preliminary hearings Wednesday, June 5.

Damean M. Felmlee, 28, and Herbert D. Zellefrow Jr., 53, appeared with counsel before District Judge Joseph Nash. They were charged with felonies robbery, burglary, theft and conspiracy and misdemeanors unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, simple assault, terroristic threats and conspiracy filed against them after police said they removed items from the home May 6.

Court documents showed the two men, who were identified later, showed up at a woman’s home in Brady Township and asked her to sign a petition, which she refused. They returned, saying their car broke down and asking to use her phone, which police said Felmlee used to call his own cellphone.

A day later, according to charging documents, Felmlee and Zellefrow entered the woman’s residence. Police said they pointed guns at her and demanded $40,000.

Police said the men brought the woman into a bedroom, zip-tied her hands behind her back and each pointed a pistol at her again, threatening to kill her if she didn’t surrender the money, police said.

Felmlee and Zellefrow took $10,000 and told the woman not to move until they left the home and sounded their car horn twice, police said.

When the woman was able to free herself, police said she discovered two cordless telephone handsets, rings, prescription drugs, three rifles and a shotgun were taken along with the cash.

Felmlee’s phone records show that he had been in the area where the robbery took place once a day between May 1 and 6, police said. The records indicate he had been near the woman’s residence May 5 and 6 and had called her home phone several times those two days.

Felmlee was captured in Farmington Township, Clarion County, following a two-day search after the charges were initially filed May 24, according to state police officials.

Both Felmlee and Zellefrow remain in Butler County Prison, with Felmlee being held in lieu of $500,000 and Zellefrow in lieu of $1,000,000.