Dracut Armed Robbery: Police Ask Help

DRACUT, MA — Dracut police are asking the public's help identifying an armed robbery suspect who hit a convenience store earlier this week. The robbery happened Tuesday, October 10, at Michael's One Stop on Hampson Street, according to Dracut police Chief Peter Bartlett. The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

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"Officers learned that the suspect entered the store wearing a disposable dust mask and ordered the clerk to open the cash register and get onto the floor," Bartlett said in a statement. "The suspect then began retrieving money from the cash drawer and again ordered the clerk onto the floor. Once the subject retrieved the money, he began to leave the store but paused to order the clerk to get on the floor again, motioning as if he was going to pull a weapon from his waistband, before finally exiting the store and fleeing."

The suspect was described as a light-skin man about 6 feet and 180 pounds. He was wearing a black hat, gray shirt with cut-off sleeves, tan overalls and construction-style gloves.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Dracut police at 978-957-2123.

Photos: Security camera photos of a suspect who robbed Michael's One Stop in Dracut, Massachusetts, October 10, 2017. (Credit: Dracut Police Department)