armed robbery

Connecticut State Police are investigating after an armed robbery at a gas station in Ellington on Saturday night. Troopers said two men entered the Valero gas station on Main Street around 8:35 p.m. One of the men demanded an undisclosed amount of money at gunpoint from the clerk, according to state police. He and two other men are then believed…

Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a gas station in Farmington over the weekend.

Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a gas station in Farmington over the weekend. Officers received a report around 10:09 p.m. on Sunday about an armed robbery at the Scott’s Village Mobil gas station on Farmington Avenue. According to police, two suspects wearing masks entered the store. One suspect displayed a gun and demanded cash and...

Hamden Police are investigating after an attempted robbery and purse snatching incident were reported at the same store within 24 hours. Officials said they responded to the Stop & Shop parking lot on Dixwell Avenue on Jan. 31 for a report of an attempted armed robbery. Police said a person was in their parked car when the alleged robber opened…

Cromwell Police are investigating after a person claimed he left an explosive on the counter during an armed robbery. Officials said the incident happened at approximately 8:15 a.m. at the Citgo/Atlantis Fresh Market gas station on Main Street. The alleged robber implied he had a firearm and an explosive device that he left at the counter, according to police....

Police are looking for the person responsible for an armed robbery at a laundromat in East Haven Friday night. Officials said the robbery took place at the EZ Wash Laundromat on Foxon Road at approximately 8 p.m. Responding officers said an employee was robbed by a man wearing a dark-colored jacket, dark ski mask, dark jeans, dark sneakers and dark…

Police are looking for a man who’s accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint in Orange. Officials said the robbery happened Monday at approximately 9:25 a.m. at Connex Credit Union. The pictured man is about 35 to 40 years old and weighs about 250 pounds, according to police. He was wearing an olive-colored jacket, black hooded sweatshirt, forest-style camouflage hat…

Two University of New Haven students were robbed at gunpoint near a convenience store on-campus early Sunday morning, according to school officials. A spokesperson with the university said the incident happened at approximately 12:20 a.m. in the area of the Re-Charge Convenience Market, or C-Store, on campus. Officials said the alleged robber is described as a 5-foot-8 man, about 18…

A Middletown Police K9 helped find a suspect who fled after an armed robbery on Saturday night. Officers were called to the Shell Gas Station on South Main Street around 10:45 p.m. after getting a report of an armed robbery in progress. When police arrived, they said it was reported that the suspect, later identified as 28-year-old Amilcar Lopez, had…

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.

Police have arrested a man in connection to a stabbing, an armed robbery and a police pursuit that all happened in Waterbury within the last week. Last Sunday, officers said a 28-year-old man was stabbed in the back on Pine Street and 50-year-old Barry Mason, of Naugatuck, was a suspect. Police held a valid arrest warrant for him. In addition…

A man was arrested after trying to rob a couple at knife point on a bridge in Westport Sunday afternoon, police said. Police said the robbery happened on the Ruth Cohen Steinkraus Post Road Bridge at approximately 11:15 a.m. Authorities said a man approached the couple from behind and told them to bring him to their car. The couple told…

Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place at a pizza restaurant in New Haven late Saturday night. Authorities said they received a 911 call about a robbery that took place at More Than Pizza on Blaze Street at approximately 11:40 p.m. Responding officers found out that the robber displayed a handgun to an employee and demanded money from…

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

A woman was arrested after being accused of forcing two people to take her to a store to purchase her a new phone while they were held at knife point in West Hartford, according to police. Officials said they arrested 28-year-old Alexandra Pennell, of Hartford, after she allegedly forced two people she knew into a car at knifepoint and made…

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.

Police are looking for the man involved in an armed robbery of an Auto Zone in Manchester Sunday night. The incident took place at 410 Broad St. at approximately 8 p.m. Officials said the man was reportedly wearing a UPS outfit during the armed robbery. They say he is described to be about 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds. He took money…

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...

A man was arrested after being accused of robbing three people in the downtown Shelton area with a 4-year-old in the car, police said. Officials said the robberies happened at approximately 9 p.m. Brandon Lasky, 29, reportedly robbed an employee leaving work at Caloroso Restaurant. The employee told police that Lasky approached him with a semi-automatic pistol and demanded money….