Somerville Police Department

News Release

Contact: Deputy Chief Paul Upton July 15, 2011 617 625-1600, ext. 7203

Somerville Police Looking to Identify Robbery Suspect.

Somerville Police are seeking to identify the suspect who robbed a local gas station. On July 12^th, at about 8:45 p.m., the Sunoco Gas Station at 541 Broadway was robbed at knifepoint. The store surveillance video shows the suspect arriving in a black sedan, possibly a Nissan Maxima, with a towel covering it’s license plate, then entered the store and walked up to the counter, where he spoke briefly to the clerk. The suspect then went back to his car briefly. He then came back into the store where he calmly walks behind the counter, pulled out a knife and demanded cash. The suspect fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash, jumped into the car and fled toward Medford.

The suspect is described as a white male, heavy set, over 6 feet tall, with a visible belly, wearing a distinct red and white color baseball cap, dark red jersey with black lines with a black or blue color trousers. The suspect was also wearing sneakers. A You Tube video of the surveillance video is available on our web page, www.somervillema.gov/spd. The link to the video is included below.

http://youtu.be/QcpFSRThtPk

Anyone who knows the identity of this suspect is urged to contact Somerville Police at 617 625-1212. Or, they can text an anonymous tip by texting 617SPD to Tip411