Crime & Safety
Store Worker Arrested For Brandishing Handgun: Report
The employee of an auto parts seller in Hyannis faces a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
HYANNIS, MA — Police on Tuesday arrested a man in the store where he worked after he was accused of brandishing a handgun at another man there.
Jason Bassett, 50, of Harwich, now faces a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, the Hyannis News reported.
The incident occurred at Advance Auto Parts, 306 Falmouth Road (Route 28), at around 4 p.m. Barnstable police responded to a caller saying a store employee had threatened him with a gun, and were told the worker was still in the building.
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Details about the matter, including the identity of the man who was threatened, were not immediately available.
To read the Hyannis News coverage and view video footage of the arrest, click here.
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