Crime & Safety

Newton Man Implicated in Waltham Robbery, Held in Marlborough Case

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By Sam Bonacci and Ryan Grannan-Doll

A Newton man who reportedly robbed three convenience stores at gun point in the last year and a half has been held on $50,000 bail by Marlborough District Court.

Soloman J. Lansasa, 20, of 60 Carl St., Newton, reportedly robbed the Shell gas station in Waltham on Sunday, according to Assistant District Attorney Brook Lane, during Lansana's arraignment in Marlborough District Court Monday. 

On Sunday, Lansana allegedly robbed the Marlborough Market on East Main Street at 7:28 a.m., according to Lane. Lansana used a black revolver to rob the Marlborough and Waltham stores, according to court records.  The Marlboro robbery occurred about 30 minutes after the Waltham robbery. In the Waltham incident, the suspect brandished a gun and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. 

When Marlborough police arrived at the market at 7:48 a.m., both the teller and another witness described a man that matched Lansana's appearance as the one who robbed the store and then walked away after being given money from the register, according to Lane.

Police located Lansana at a Maple Street apartment in Marlborough. In the apartment were several items from the robbery, clothing that matched those Lansana had been described in and the gun that had its serial number filed off, stated Lane.

Lane also told the judge that Lansana was currently out on bail for a masked robbery in Framingham in January of 2012 in which he reportedly used a sawed-off shotgun. He requested the bail for that incident be revoked and Lansana be held on $25,000 bail.

Judge David J. Cunis revoked Lansana's bail from the Framingham incident and ordered him held on $50,000 cash bail on the Marlborough robbery charges. In that case he has been charged with firearm-armed and masked robbery, felony possession of a firearm with a defaced number and possession of a firearm.


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