BOSTON (WHDH) - A man arrested in connection with a pair of armed robberies at cellphone stores in Jamaica Plain late last month is set to appear in court Monday.
Boston Police said local officers working with state police and members of the US Marshals Office arrested Akeem Lahens, 32, of Dorchester around 2:40 p.m. Friday.
Lahens is now facing charges including armed robbery and kidnapping linked to the Jamaica Plain robberies on April 26 and April 27, officials said.
7NEWS previously spoke with people who work at the stores, who described their experiences.
“He said ‘Don’t play dumb man. I’m not having a good day. Don’t do anything stupid. I don’t want to kill you man,’” Emmanuel Sanchez said of the man he said robbed him while wielding two knives on April 27 at a Cricket Wireless store on Centre Street.
The robbery Sanchez described happened 24 hours after workers said a man showed two knives while robbing a nearby Boost Mobile store.
Store manager Ashley Cruz said the robber at her store took a clerk to a bathroom in the back of the store and brutally assaulted her before taking off.
Down the street, Sanchez said he was also put in a back bathroom but not attacked.
Store workers shared video of the incidents with 7NEWS.
Boston Police also previously shared photos and asked for the public’s help investigating the robbery at the Cricket Wireless store.
Police say their investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to reach out.
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