Police Arrest Norwich Liquor Store Robbery Suspect

Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Norwich liquor store at gunpoint over the weekend.

According to police, Christopher J. Griswold, 34, of West Thames Street in Norwich, entered the Amazing Liquor Store at 235 West Thames Street around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, took out a gun and demanded money from an employee.

He got away with an unknown amount of cash and fled the scene on foot, heading north on West Thames Street toward Dunham Street, police said.

Authorities searched his home on Monday and found evidence from the robbery, according to police.

Griswold was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery, sixth-degree larceny, criminal use of a firearm and first-degree threatening.

He was held on $250,000 bond and is due in court Tuesday.

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