SAUGUS, MASS. (WHDH) - Saugus police arrested a 28-year-old man Saturday after he allegedly robbed a liquor store with a hypodermic needle, officials said.
Barre Hurley, of Saugus, was arrested near the intersection of Ballard Street and Spencer Avenue and is facing charges of armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon, Saugus Police Chief Domenic J. DiMella said in a statement. Hurley also had three outstanding warrants for his arrest.
Officers responding to a reported robbery at Amato’s Discount Liquors on Lincoln Avenue spoke with an employee who said he had just been robbed by a man who entered the store, brandished a syringe and fled toward Kane’s Donuts with an undisclosed amount of money.
Hurley is expected to be arraigned Monday in Lynn District Court.
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