UPDATED: Washington Street Walgreens Robbed by Knife Wielding Man
A man wearing a Patriots sweatshirt jumped over the counter and robbed the pharmacy.
[UPDATED Jan. 25] According to Your Town Newton, one of the Walgreens employees, a 67-year-old man, heard the robbery at the pharmacy counter and announced over the store loudspeaker that the store was being robbed, and to call 911. The employee then approached the suspect, who punched and kicked the employee before fleeing down Hovey Street, Your Town Newton reported. The employee was transported to Newton-Wellesley Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. [UPDATED Jan. 21 at 8:14 p.m.] A man pulled a knife and jumped over the counter to rob the pharmacy at Walgreens on Washington Street this evening before fleeing the scene. At 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Newton Police responded to the Walgreens at 399 Washington St. for a man who pulled a …
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STEVE ROSS
11:50 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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