BIDDEFORD — The third suspect charged with murder in the 2013 shooting death of a Biddeford man pled not guilty to that charge, as well as a charge of conspiracy to murder, at his arraignment at York County Superior Court in Alfred Friday.

Mohamud Mohamed, 21, a Somali refugee whose last known address was in Portland, appeared before Justice Paul Fritzsche wearing a blue, button-down shirt and khakis with his attorney, Thomas Hallett, by his side. He is being held without bail at York County Jail in Alfred.

State police confirmed Thursday that Mohamed, accompanied by Hallett, turned himself in to authorities Thursday afternoon at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland. Police issued a warrant for his arrest in April.

Mohamed is the third suspect to be arrested and charged with murder in the death of Charles Raybine, who, according to court documents, was shot in the face three times early on March 26, 2013, while sitting in a rental car in the parking lot of Parish Place Apartments, at 41 Birch St.

Bub Peter Nguany, 27, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested just hours after the shooting, and John Lopez, 20, also of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested in April. Nguany and Lopez are also being held without bail at York County Jail in Alfred. All three men have been charged with murder as well as conspiracy to murder in connection to the shooting, and a court official confirmed Friday that the they will be tried jointly.

Hallett said Friday that he believes the state’s two-year delay in charging Mohamed will work in his client’s favor.

“I think it indicates a scarcity of evidence,” he said. “I’m a little surprised, in all honesty, that he’s being charged at this very late date given that they’ve had the alleged shooter (Nguany) for more than two years.”

State officials have declined to comment on why it took more than two years to charge Lopez and Mohamed with the crime. Moving forward, Hallett said there may be a Harnish hearing scheduled for his client, which would determine whether enough evidence exists to keep holding him without bail.

According to a state police detective’s affidavit, Raybine, 47, was with his nephew, Morgan “Mo” Palmer, the night he was killed. Palmer, then 21, told police he and Raybine had been playing cards, drinking and smoking crack cocaine in an apartment, the affidavit states.

When the two left the apartment and got into Raybine’s rental car, Palmer told police they saw two vehicles drive up to the parking lot. A black male got out of one of them, he said, which he described as a dark-colored Toyota Prius, approached their car and asked Raybine, “Yo, who you with, who’s this?” Raybine responded, “That’s Mo,” and then the man shot him in the face, he said.

Palmer’s description of the shooter led Old Orchard Beach Police Officer Scott Jarrett to Nguany, according to the affidavit, and at about 9 a.m. on the morning of March 26, 2013, about eight hours after Raybine was shot, Jarrett arrested him as he was attempting to leave his East Grand Avenue residence in a taxi cab.

A search of Nguany’s backpack later yielded a .45-caliber handgun and ammunition matching the shell casings recovered from the scene of the shooting. Nguany was charged with the murder in June of 2013.

Affidavits describing Lopez and Mohamed’s alleged roles in the shooting remained sealed Friday. If convicted of murder, each man faces 25 years to life in prison.

— Staff Writer Angelo J. Verzoni can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 329 or [email protected].