Yale Officer Nabs Would-Be Robber: PD

NEW HAVEN, CT — A would-be robber's efforts yielded him a pair of silver cuffs instead of cash after a Yale University officer nabbed him, according to police.

Police were dispatched to the Rite-Aid pharmacy on Church Street Sept. 7 around 7:17 p.m. A man told pharmacy workers to hand over cash from the register and no one would get hurt, said Officer David Hartman, New Haven police spokesman.

A worker opened the register, but another worker put the money back inside and closed it. The manager then confronted the robber and told him to get out of the store. He took off on foot.

His description was broadcast to area officers and Yale University Officer Greg Swaintek happened to be nearby and was investigating a criminal mischief complaint. The criminal mischief and robbery suspect were one in the same, Hartman said.

La-Nard Tobias Turnage, 22, was charged with criminal attempt to commit third-degree robbery. He was also charged with criminal mischief.

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