One Week, Three Armed Robberies, Five Suspects

Police are focused on finding suspects in three separate armed robbery incidents in Waltham.

On Jan. 12, around 8:37 p.m., a lone male suspect wearing a ski mask entered the Shell in Waltham and demanded money from the register, robbing the clerk at gunpoint. The suspect is described as “tall and thin.” A full description can be found here, as well as images from the surveillance camera.

On Jan. 16, at 5:34 p.m., police were called to Via Latina Market on Main Street for a robbery in progress. Two men had entered the store, and one produced a black handgun, robbing the store clerk of cash. One suspect appears to be either white or white Hispanic, and the accomplice, who was on the “lookout,” appears to be Hispanic or black Hispanic. The full description from Waltham Police can be found here.

On Jan. 17, shortly before 8 p.m., police resounded to Kristina’s Variety on Warren Street for a report of an armed robbery in which two men were in the store. One of the suspects pulled a semi-automatic handgun, and both fled the store with cash and 10 packs of Newport cigarettes and ran toward Whitman Road.

A description and pictures from the surveillance camera can be found here.