Police arrest Mass. man accused of threatening store clerk with a kitchen knife
Framingham police have arrested a 42-year-old city resident accused of holding a store clerk at knifepoint.
The man, who was not named in a statement from the department, has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, attempt to commit a crime and assault and battery. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Framingham District Court on Monday, Oct. 6.
The armed robbery occurred in the Dubom Supermarket at 855 Worcester Rd., on Oct. 1 at around 8:45 a.m.
The man is accused of using a "large kitchen knife" during the robbery, which was held inside a Burlington Coat Factory bag, the department wrote in a statement posted to Facebook .
The Framingham Police Department did not respond to MassLive's request for the man's name.
"Whenever he grabbed my hand, I told him to let go of me, and I saw the knife and it was over the counter," the clerk told WCVB-TV in Boston.
The man fled the supermarket and then tossed his beanie hat, with holes to cover his face, in a dumpster in an adjacent parking lot, police said.
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