Motive behind the murder of a Hastings Hill resident was fear of a Philadelphia drug dealer

The motive behind the murder of a Hastings Hill resident was fear of a Philadelphia drug dealer. Four suspects arrested by State Police on Tuesday in St. Johnsbury were scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on multiple charges. But the arraignment of Brittany Clark, 33, of St. Johnsbury, had to be rescheduled because the court learned she was transported from jail to the hospital for unknown reasons.  The arraignment of the alleged shooter, Raphael Rodriguez, 34, of St. Johnsbury, was re-scheduled for 11 a.m. yesterday because he was not transported from jail to the courthouse on Wednesday. Michael Ringuette, 55, of St. Johnsbury, pleaded not guilty to felony charges of aiding in the commission of first-degree murder, aiding in the commission of assault and robbery, burglary into an occupied dwelling and 2nd-degree unlawful restraint. Ringuette was then held without bail by Judge Justin P. Jiron until a weight-of-the-evidence hearing could be scheduled. The alleged getaway driver, Natasha Cady, 29, of Barton, pleaded not guilty to felony charges of aiding in the commission of first-degree murder, aiding in the commission of assault and robbery and aiding in the commission of a burglary. Cady was then held by Judge Jiron on $50,000 bail. Alleged drug dealer Israel Jimenez Lugo, 49, of Springfield, Mass., was found shot to death in Apartment #4 at 78 Hastings Hill on the morning of Dec. 14.  Police in court documents allege that the group had a plan to rob Lugo because they owed money to a man identified as Danny Daniels, 30, of Philadelphia