Customer Helps Apprehend Robbery Suspect

Two people were arrested in Derry on Monday in connection with a robbery that occurred in Manchester.

Around 12:50 a.m. Monday, Manchester Police responded to the CVS at 271 Mammoth Road in Manchester for a report of a robbery. Upon arrival, police said they met with a clerk who reported the store had just been robbed and a customer had followed after the suspect when he left the store.

According to the clerk, a masked man had entered the store holding an unknown object in his hand believed to be some sort of weapon. He demanded cash from two registers and fled the store with several hundred dollars. During the course of the robbery, a customer had entered the store and observed the masked suspect, deducing a robbery was in progress. When the suspect fled the store, police said the customer followed after him in his own vehicle, occupied by a passenger companion. They followed the suspect, who first fled the area on a bicycle before entering the passenger seat of an awaiting vehicle on Oakland Avenue.

The customer and his friend followed the suspect vehicle from Manchester into Derry, notifying and updating 911 of their situation, which ultimately led to the detention of the vehicle and its occupants by Derry Police.

Based on information gathered during the course of the investigation, the driver of the suspect vehicle, Robbi O'Rourke, 24, of Manchester, was charged with criminal liability to robbery. Her passenger, Seth Skillin, 32, of Manchester was charged with robbery.

The investigation also resulted in the recovery of some evidence, police said, including nearly $900 in cash hidden in Skillin’s pant leg and underwear.