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Article: Four arrested after brazen armed heist downtown; Daylight robbery targeted jewelry store.(NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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Byline: Scott J. Croteau
WORCESTER - People inside the MidTown Mall watched with amazement yesterday as three men - one armed with a shotgun - rushed through the busy shopping center after allegedly robbing a jewelry store inside.
The suspects allegedly slipped out the Mechanics Street entrance to the mall and into a Jeep Cherokee, but were quickly caught by officers nearby. A woman in the sport utility vehicle was also arrested. The men arrested are being held on $250,000 cash bail each; the woman is being held on $150,000 cash bail.
"We saw three guys with a rifle," said Catherine Cruz, who was in one of the mall's restaurants with a friend ...