Two more suspects have been arrested in the robbery Friday of 42 people at the Loch Raven Reservoir, bringing the total of those charged to eight.

Michael Nedeloff, 18, of the 7800 block of St. Bridget Lane, in Dundalk, was arrested late Monday and ordered held without bail yesterday by Towson District Judge Robert J. Steinberg. A 15-year-old boy was also arrested and sent to the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School.

Nedeloff was charged with three counts of armed robbery and one handgun violation. He and the juvenile join six other suspects charged in the brazen robbery about 6 p.m. Friday in an area of the reservoir known as "the cliffs."

According to charging documents, Nedeloff was arrested after two other suspects, Raymond J. Hurst and Pierce D. Williams, told police in written statements that Nedeloff participated in the robbery and supplied one of the two handguns that were used.

"In the statement, Mr. Hurst stated that he fled the robbery with Mike" Nedeloff, according to police charging documents. Williams said Nedeloff supplied a 9 mm handgun, according to the document.

Both Hurst and Williams identified "Mike" as Nedeloff, described him to police detectives and told investigators where he lived, according to the document.

Nedeloff and the juvenile, who lives in the Dundalk area, were arrested in front of Nedeloff's house late Monday without incident, police said.

The charging document filed in District Court in Towson does not mention the 15-year-old boy; juvenile charging documents are not available to the public in Maryland.

Police allege that the eight suspects terrorized the group at the reservoir by pointing guns at them, punching them and forcing them to strip and walk into the water.

They then stole jewelry, cell phones and hundreds of dollars in cash, police said.

Michael T. Nedeloff, Nedeloff's father, said yesterday that he was stunned by his son's arrest because the youth had never been in serious trouble. He said that his son and the 15-year-old boy spent time together in the neighborhood.

'A typical teen-ager'

"He's a good boy, a typical teen-ager," Nedeloff said of his son.

He said his son had attended Dundalk High School, but left when his mother wanted him to move with her to Virginia.

Charles A. Herndon, a county schools spokesman, confirmed that the younger Nedeloff graduated from Logan Elementary School in Dundalk and Dundalk Middle School before withdrawing from Dundalk High as a freshman on Feb. 1, 2000.

Friends, co-workers

Nedeloff and the 15-year-old boy also waited on customers and washed dishes briefly at Ross Crab House in Dundalk, according to a co-worker, who declined to be identified.

Police said yesterday that detectives learned all eight suspects knew each other and that they planned to commit the robbery at the isolated section of the reservoir because of its remote location.

Charged with four counts of armed robbery, four counts of first-degree assault and four counts of handgun violations are: Hurst, 19, of the 7400 block of Battle Grove Road; Williams, 18, of the 5600 block of Leiden Road; Omar A. Harris, 20, of the 2000 block of E. Biddle St.; George S. Morgan, 23, of the 2100 block of Lyndhurst Ave.; Antonio J. Washington, 23, of the first block of Driftwood Court; and Candace M. Greever, 30, of the 3700 block of White Pine Road.

All remain held without bail except Greever, who was released on $100,000 bond yesterday when her father, Charles Greever, posted his house in the 1100 block of Marlyn Ave. as collateral.

Favorite spot for teens

The suspects did not know who would be at the site at the time of the robbery, police said. But the suspects knew it was a favorite spot for teen-agers and by coincidence chose a time when a group of students from Kenwood and Sparrows Point high schools were there and recognized one of the suspects.

Some of the victims also told police that they recognized Hurst because they had seen him over the years in the eastern Baltimore County communities where he grew up.

"There were statements made by a couple of the victims that they recognized Hurst from the area, meaning the Northpoint/Edgemere areas," said Cpl. Vickie Warehime, a county police spokeswoman.

Police said yesterday that they do not expect to make any more arrests in the case.