A Bay State man accused final week of threatening to stay a CVS employee with a hypodermic needle throughout an alleged shoplifting incident was arraigned on Wednesday for reportedly doing the identical factor at a Star Market the day earlier than.
Robert Sullivan, 25, of Ipswich, who has a 32-page legal report that stems again to 2013, was charged with armed theft for the Star Market incident.
Boston cops on July 27, at about 10:18 am, responded to a name for a larceny in progress at Star Market on 53 Huntington Ave.
An worker advised officers {that a} man stole numerous meat merchandise earlier than fleeing the shop. When the worker approached, the person allegedly pulled out a hypodermic needle and threatened to stab him.
“Store managers told officers that this was the second time the man had threatened employees with a needle while stealing meat products,” the Suffolk DA’s workplace mentioned in an announcement.
Detectives recognized the person as Sullivan, and decided that he was the identical particular person arrested for committing an analogous offense on the CVS on Cambridge Road in Boston the subsequent day.
Sullivan was charged with the Star Market offense on Wednesday whereas showing for a scheduled pre-trial listening to related to his CVS arraignment.
His 32-page legal report contains offenses like false reporting, assault, assault and battery, leaving the scene of property harm, leaving the scene of an injured particular person, larceny and receiving stolen property.
Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden’s workplace has held conferences with regional retailer teams and small enterprise house owners to debate security issues, and to assist retailer managers strategize responses to shoplifting and retail larcenies.
The conferences have come amid rising nationwide and native frustrations round retail crime, together with issues over the closure of a number of pharmacies serving minority communities in Boston.
“We share with retailers and consumers throughout the city the same desire for safe shopping spaces and safe workspaces,” Hayden mentioned in an announcement. “Retail-based theft, particularly by repeat offenders, poses an intolerable threat to those goals.”
Boston Municipal Courtroom Central Division Choose Paul Treseler ordered Sullivan held on $500 bail, and likewise ordered him to steer clear of the incident location.
Sullivan will return to courtroom Sept. 19 for a pre-trial listening to.
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