Authorities say that an East Boston man has been a really busy felony, as he faces costs of back-to-back tried robberies in Revere.
“I have a gun. No one is going to get hurt,” Isreal Bullard allegedly advised a Goal worker the afternoon of Jan. 9. His try failed, Suffolk County prosecutors say, and he walked out of the shop.
Simply as cops have been leaving the Goal retailer, they have been dispatched to the Residents Financial institution inside Cease and Store in the identical purchasing plaza. A financial institution worker advised police {that a} man advised him “this is a robbery” after which left the shop after failing to get any cash.
Surveillance stills of the would-be financial institution robber matched these of the would-be Goal robber, in response to police. The financial institution incident allegedly got here 25 minutes earlier than the Goal one. They honed in on Bullard as their suspect by way of an area taxi firm that he used to get to and from the plaza, prosecutors say.
Bullard, 63, was quickly charged with two counts of tried armed theft and one depend of assault with a harmful weapon.
Chelsea District Court docket Decide Stuart Hurowitz launched Bullard after his arraignment on Jan. 17. Bullard is due again in courtroom on March 21.
“We want consumers to feel safe going in to stores and we want employees to feel safe going in to work,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden stated in a press release. “Quality of life while shopping and working is the target goal for us, and working with police and retail partners is the best way to achieve that goal.”
Hayden’s workplace, the Boston Police Division, and regional retailer teams and small enterprise homeowners final yr launched the Secure Purchasing Initiative — an effort to extend shopper security and assist retailer managers strategize responses to shoplifting and retail larcenies.
