Newington Police Investigate 2 Weekend Armed Robberies

The robberies were at Family Dollar and Target.

Newington police are investigating two armed robberies reported at local businesses over the weekend.

At 9:14 p.m. on Saturday, police responded to Family Dollar at 733 New Britain Avenue to investigate a robbery that had just occurred.

The clerk said the robber had a gun and described him as having blonde hair and wearing a long gray or tan coat, a baseball cap, and a ski mask. He left the area in a dark sedan.

At 6:18 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to a report of an armed robbery at Target, at 3265 Berlin Turnpike.

The robber in this incident also had a gun, police said. He is possibly in his early 50s and has long white and light brown hair, a full mustache and a slight beard, police said.

He was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans and had a baseball cap under the hood of the sweatshirt. He was seen getting into a dark mid-size sedan.

Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call Detective Shannon Gonzalez at 860-594-6217.

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