Tewkbsury Police Department Using New Media for Crime Solving

This is the first time I’ve seem this…looking for leads to solve an armed robbery on Shawhsheen Street, the Tewksbury Police Department posted the video below on YouTube. It shows a man robbing the Tewksbury Convenience Store .

On April 29, 2011, at approximately 10:00pm, members of the Tewksbury Police Department responded to an Armed Robbery which occurred at the Tewksbury Convenient Food Market located at 158 Shawsheen Street. The lone store clerk stated he was approached by a male who demanded he open the cash drawer. The male suspect motioned to his pocket suggesting to the clerk that he was armed with a gun. The clerk emptied the cash drawer and gave the suspect the money. The suspect then exited the store.

The male suspect is described as a white male, approximately 5’7, wearing a black windbreaker style jacket with two white stripes across the chest and sleeves, a baseball hat with a circle symbol on the front (possibly a green Celtics or clover), blue jeans, running sneakers, and possible facial hair under the lip. No distinguishable tattoos or scars were present.

Anyone with information regarding this suspect or a vehicle seen in the parking lot around the time of the Robbery is urged to contact the Tewksbury Police Department at 978-851-7355, the anonymous tip line @ 978-851-0175 or email an to tewks_detectives@tewksbury-ma.gov.