SPRINGFIELD - For the second time in two hours, Corey Hutchins stood before a judge Monday with an ill-advised message on his sweatshirt.

"Crime pays," boasted the logo on the Springfield man's shirt as he pleaded innocent in Springfield District Court to firearms trafficking charges

After a prosecutor said Hutchins, 42, and his 20-year old cousin Quadree Hutchins participated in a Georgia-to-Springfield gun running operation, Springfield District Court Judge William Boyle ordered both men held on $100,000 cash bail.

An hour later, Hutchins appeared before a second judge on a default warrant from a 1995 drug trafficking charge. By then, the defendant had turned his sweatshirt inside out at the suggestion of defense lawyer Nicholas Raring.

The outcome, however, was the same.

After a brief hearing, Superior Court Judge Richard Carey ordered the defendant held on $100,000 bail on the drug trafficking charge.

State police arrested Hutchins and his co-defendant Sunday after they had allegedly sold nine firearms to an undercover trooper in three months.

The arrests were the result of a joint investigation by federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives task force and the Hampden County Narcotics Task Force and state police detectives assigned to the Hampden District Attorney.

As part of the investigation, the undercover trooper purchased three guns and some ammunition from the two men in January, according to David Procopio, spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police.

On Sunday night, the defendants sold the same trooper six more firearms for $6,200, leading to their arrest on firearms trafficking and related charges, police said.

In all, the operation netted nine weapons, three of which had been reported stolen in the state of Georgia, the state police spokesman said.

Among the guns recovered were a Springfield Armory XD45 .45 caliber handgun, two Smith & Wesson .40 caliber handguns, a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber handgun, a Star Modelo 9mm handgun, a Springfield Armory 1911-A1 .45 caliber handgun, a Taurus Millenium PT40 .40 caliber handgun, a Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun with a modified 30-round clip, and a DPMS Model A-15 .223 caliber rifle.

During Quadree Hutchins arraignment in District Court, a defense lawyer asked for $1,000 bail, noting that his client lives with the mother of his 4-month old child and supports them with income from painting and snow-shoveling jobs.

But Boyle imposed the $100,000 bail requested by Assistant District Attorney Victoria Lauro and scheduled a pretrial hearing for April 8.