Police have arrested a woman who is accused of committing an armed robbery at D’Angelo’s in Cromwell on Sunday.
Officers responded to the sandwich shop at 34 Shunpike Road when an employee and a customer called to report that there was a woman inside the store armed with a knife, police said.
Cromwell officers arrived within seconds of the calls, surrounded the building and found the suspect. They then ordered her out of the building and arrested her.
A 43-year-old Cromwell woman has been charged with robbery in the first degree, threatening in the second degree, carrying a dangerous weapon, criminal attempt to commit larceny in the sixth degree and breach of peace in the second degree.
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She was held on a $250,000 and is due in Middletown Superior Court on Monday.
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