TYNGSBORO, MASS. (WHDH) - A 14-year-old boy is facing a number of serious charges after authorities say he robbed a Tyngsboro convenience store with a BB gun.
Emergency crews were called to the Middlesex Road store around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for reports of the robbery.
Upon their arrival, they spoke with the clerk who said a boy had entered the store, demanded cash while brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. The clerk then told investigators that the alleged robber took off toward Westford Road with an undisclosed amount of cash.
A person fitting the suspect’s description was seen running through a wooded area toward the Bridgeview Condominiums.
The boy was taken into custody without incident and it was determined that the weapon was a BB gun.
Police recovered the cash that was taken in the robbery.
The boy, whose name has not been released, is due to face a judge in Lowell Juvenile Court Thursday on charges of armed robbery and being a minor in possession of a BB gun.
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