armed robbery

Officers responded to New World Gas Station at 270 Littleton Rd. around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said, where a clerk reported being robbed by a man brandishing a machete.

A man armed with a machete allegedly robbed a gas station Saturday night in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, police said, and a search is underway for the suspect. Chelmsford officers responded to New World Gas Station at 270 Littleton Rd. around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, police said, where a clerk reported being robbed by the man brandishing a machete. The clerk told officers…

Police have arrested a man accused of robbing two banks and leading police on a chase that prompted a multi-state criminal investigation earlier this week. Brandon Simmons, 34, last known to have lived in Seabrook, New Hampshire, is suspected in an armed robbery Monday morning in York, Maine. He is also accused in a separate robbery of a CVS Saturday…

Officials are still searching for a suspected armed bank robber who lead police in Massachusetts on a chase Monday, then crashed his car and fled on foot in Salisbury, prompting a multi-state criminal investigation. Police said the driver, identified as 34-year-old Brandon Simmons, last known to have lived in Seabrook, New Hampshire, is suspected in an armed robbery Monday morning…

A suspected armed bank robber leading police in Massachusetts on a chase crashed his vehicle and fled on foot in Salisbury Monday, officials said, as a multi-state criminal investigation got underway. People near Route 1 and Pleasant Street were being asked to use caution as officers in the air and on foot, as well as police dogs, searched for the…

On Saturday at around 9:45 p.m. police said they were called to a convenience store for a report of an armed robbery in Norwell, Massachusetts. Police said that during the robbery at the Quick-Pic convenience store on Main Street, the suspect displayed a handgun. A Quick-Pic employee was injured during the robbery and taken to a local hospital, according to…

The men claimed to know the victim’s friend, a person the homeowner trusted. But when she called the friend to confirm, things took a turn.

A Massachusetts man is under arrest following a string of armed robberies that occurred over the span of months in New Bedford, police said Sunday. Christopher Daponte, 43, of Acushnet, is accused of five armed robberies in New Bedford, a majority of which were committed at banks, according to a statement from city police. They say one person is involved…

Retired Department of Corrections Chaplain Peg Newman just has one request of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker: change the world for one man, William Allen, who has spent the past 27 years in prison after participating in an armed robbery in which a person was killed. Newman, who worked closely with Allen for many years as his chaplain in prison, joined…

Police are looking for a man who carjacked a person at gunpoint in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Thursday, authorities said. The man had a gun and demanded money from the person, who works at a nail salon on Cambridge Street near Third Street in East Cambridge, about 12:23 p.m., local police said. The carjacker drove off, then abandoned the vehicle near the…

Houston police say an armed suspect stole an ambulance early Friday while a patient and a firefighter were inside

A man was hospitalized after being shot during an alleged car theft in Manchester, New Hampshire, Sunday. Manchester police responded to a report of a shooting around 6:45 p.m. at Amherst and Lincoln streets. At the scene, they found an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound to his face and neck. The victim told police a man tried to…

A bank was robbed at gunpoint in Brockton, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, and police arrested two people they were searching for several hours later. No one was hurt in the robbery at the Santander bank on Torrey Street about 10 a.m., according to the Brockton Police Department. Officers chased after the robbers, two men who were wearing black hooded sweatshirts, but…

A community in Franklin, Massachusetts, is on edge after a search for robbery suspects prompted a shelter-in-place order.

There was a shelter-in-place order while the manhunt was going on and now there are suspects in custody.

DNA analysis has been around for decades, and it’s a crucial tool for solving violent crimes, but until recently, it was nearly impossible to collect DNA evidence left at shooting scenes. That changed with a process developed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The day after Christmas in 2019, two men walked into a Denny’s in...

A manhunt was underway Friday for an armed robber who attacked an elderly Lyft driver in South El Monte Monday night.

A man with a gun robbed a Massachusetts 7-Eleven Friday morning, getting away with more than $300 in cash. That armed robbery turned into a major standoff with scores of police officers several miles away. The man, identified Friday evening as Eric Leach, had stolen a police cruiser, and over the next few hours was able to pry free a…

A man has been arrested after an armed robbery and an attempted armed robbery in the Boston University area. The first incident happened around 3:20 a.m. Thursday, according to the Boston University Police Department, who say a student reported being robbed at gunpoint on Dummer Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. Around 10:15 p.m. Thursday, a person was arrested after an attempted…