Woman Attempts To Rob CVS, Leaves When Manager Can’t Open Register: Middletown Police

MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown woman is accused of attempting to rob a CVS after implying that she had a gun. The suspect didn’t end up taking anything, however, after the manager said she couldn’t open the register without a purchase being made. The suspect offered to buy a magazine but didn’t have the money to pay for it and left while saying “I’ll be back,” according to the police report.

Police responded to the CVS on Main Street Extension just before midnight on April 14 on the report of an attempted robbery. Police were advised that the suspect was a female wearing a black sweatshirt and had implied that she was in the possession of a gun, according to the police report. (To sign up for Middletown breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

The overnight manager told the responding officer that the suspect walked into the store wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt over her head and said “Don’t be afraid, I have a gun, give me all your money in the register and don’t call anyone,” according to the police report.

The manager told the suspect that she couldn’t open the register without a purchase being made at which time the suspect grabbed a magazine and said she was going to buy it although she didn’t have the money.

The manager again told the suspect she couldn’t open the register without a transaction and the suspect apparently got angry and accused the manager of lying, according to the police report.

The suspect then said “I’ll be back” and walked out of the store without taking anything, according to the report.

The suspect, who was later identified as Ann Botelho, was then located by police when she was walking in the parking lot of Stop & Shop on East Main Street.

Botelho, 46, of Warwick Street in Middletown, was arrested on charges of criminal attempt to commit second-degree robbery and second-degree threatening. She was released on a promise to appear in court on May 1.

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