armed robbery

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.

A marijuana store was robbed with what appeared to be a gun in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Wednesday, and a local man was arrested, police said. The suspected robber, 51-year-old Tony Hernandez, allegedly took cash and marijuana. No one was hurt in the robbery at CNA Stores on River Street at about 12:31 p.m. Wednesday, the Haverhill Police Department said. Hernandez will…

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 daytime robbery led to a wild chase in which the suspect took off in a stolen police cruiser before being shot and killed by officers.

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…

Police are looking for two suspects who robbed a smoke shop in Milford, Massachusetts on Sunday.

Police in Milford, Massachusetts warned people to keep their doors locked as they search for three people they say are armed and dangerous.

Police in Milford, Massachusetts, are warning people to keep their doors locked as they search for men they say are armed and dangerous. Two men can be seen on camera robbing Jay’s Smoke Shop on Medway Road at gunpoint shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday, according to police. The men left the store with a “large amount of cash,” and...

A man with an AR-15 rifle and two others robbed a Papa John’s in Maryland in what appears to have been part of an hours-long crime spree. Surveillance video from Sunday around 2:30 p.m. shows a man walk into the pizza shop on East West Highway in Silver Spring as a lookout. Then two other men walk in behind...

Two people have been arrested in connection with a Wednesday armed home robbery in Ashland, Massachusetts, according to Ashland Police Chief Vincent C. Alfano. One gunman was arrested and identified the same day as the home invasion, police said. The other gunman, a juvenile, was arrested Thursday. Several armed individuals illegally entered the Ashland home on Buckley Avenue just before…

The suspect reportedly displayed a gun and fired a single shot into the attendant booth at Excel Gas and Repair at 94 East Falmouth Highway around 9 p.m. Friday, police said.