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Through store window, officer sees man and clerk in scuffle
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Jul 25, 2008 @ 05:20 AM
QUINCY -
Quick action by a city police officer thwarted the attempted robbery of a convenience store.
Officer Bruce Trieu was walking his beat shortly before 5 p.m. Monday when he looked through the window of Brennan's convenience store at 1442 Hancock St. and saw a man holding a store employee by the collar of his shirt, trying to pull him over the counter, Quincy police Capt. John Dougan said.
When Trieu entered the store, "the victim yelled, 'He's trying to rob me,''' Dougan said.
Trieu handcuffed and arrested Steven M. Cyr, 46, of 377 Palmer St., Dougan said.
Dougan said Cyr had gone into the store and tried to place a lottery bet, putting his ticket into a machine.
The machine rejected the ticket because it was marked incorrectly, police said.
"When the store employee tried to show him why it did not take, Cyr pushed him back, said, 'Give me the money,' opened the cash drawer and tried to take money from the drawer," Dougan said.
The victim then grabbed the suspect by the hand, and Cyr grabbed the victim by the shirt collar and tried to pull him over the counter, Dougan said.
"The victim tried to fight off the suspect. The victim was throwing punches at the suspect, and striking the suspect in the face," Dougan said.
Cyr was charged with unarmed robbery, Dougan said.
http://www.patriotledger.com/homepa...cts-quickly-to-stop-convenience-store-robbery
The Patriot Ledger
Posted Jul 25, 2008 @ 05:20 AM
QUINCY -
Quick action by a city police officer thwarted the attempted robbery of a convenience store.
Officer Bruce Trieu was walking his beat shortly before 5 p.m. Monday when he looked through the window of Brennan's convenience store at 1442 Hancock St. and saw a man holding a store employee by the collar of his shirt, trying to pull him over the counter, Quincy police Capt. John Dougan said.
When Trieu entered the store, "the victim yelled, 'He's trying to rob me,''' Dougan said.
Trieu handcuffed and arrested Steven M. Cyr, 46, of 377 Palmer St., Dougan said.
Dougan said Cyr had gone into the store and tried to place a lottery bet, putting his ticket into a machine.
The machine rejected the ticket because it was marked incorrectly, police said.
"When the store employee tried to show him why it did not take, Cyr pushed him back, said, 'Give me the money,' opened the cash drawer and tried to take money from the drawer," Dougan said.
The victim then grabbed the suspect by the hand, and Cyr grabbed the victim by the shirt collar and tried to pull him over the counter, Dougan said.
"The victim tried to fight off the suspect. The victim was throwing punches at the suspect, and striking the suspect in the face," Dougan said.
Cyr was charged with unarmed robbery, Dougan said.
http://www.patriotledger.com/homepa...cts-quickly-to-stop-convenience-store-robbery