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...held up Market Basket in Chelmsford on Saturday, according to police.

Police say he walked into the store at 288 Chelmsford Street on Saturday about 3:45 p.m., went to the courtesy booth, and showed very little courtesy as he passed an employee a note demanding cash.

He got an undisclosed amount of cash and took off, looking like this.

Police describe him as being a white male, in his 20's, about 6-feet tall and thin, with dirty blonde hair, a moustache and beard. He wore a baseball hat with a white brim, and a black stocking cap pulled over it, sunglasses, a black jacket, black running pants with white stripes and dark sneakers.

Police didn't mention it, but to me that sorta looks like the Tapout logo on the hat. I'm not a fan of Ultimate Fighting, but I still think that looks like the logo, not sure.

Anyone with information on this guy should call Chelmsford Police at 978-256-2521.

As I was speeding to what turned out to be a scary but fairly minor pedestrian accident on Westford Street tonight, where a mother was struck by a moped as she led two children across the street, police got a report that the Dunkin Donuts at Dutton and Fletcher had just been robbed.

It was about 7:15 p.m.

The woman on Westford Street had minor injuries.

The armed robber at Dunkins displayed a shotgun and escaped.

He was described as a heavyset white male, wearing a black hoodie, brown pants and white shoes.

Within minutes, police found a heavyset white guy in a black hoodie on Western Avenue, and soon found a black, pistol-gripped shotgun in the bushes on the same street right across from the artist studios.

Turns out the guy on Western Avenue was wearing jeans and brown boots, though. He was eventually cut loose.

Police recovered the shotgun, which is pictured above just as it was found.

Very nice of someone to leave it there like that on Halloween, when there were thousands of kids out and about on the streets.

That would have made one hell of a bad addition to a costume had some kid picked it up instead of police.

It should be noted this suspect fits the description of a guy who also held up the Country Farms Store on Branch Street, near Wilder Street, on Wednesday night.

Anyone with information is asked to call Lowell police at (978) 937-3200 or Crimestoppers at (978) 459-TIPS (8477). Callers may remain anonymous, but can receive up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.

Police are looking for a heavyset guy, over 200 pounds, who held up a Branch Street convenience store with a rifle or a long-barrelled BB gun tonight, police said.

Officers went to Country Farms, at 268 Branch St., at 9:37 p.m., but soon learned the robbery had about 5 minutes on it.

The suspect pulled what appeared to be a rifle and fled across Middlesex Street toward Wilder Street and Columbus Avenue.

He's described as a heavyset, white male, over 200 pounds, wearing a dark blue or black jacket with gray lining, a dark sweatshirt with writing across the front, gray sweatpants with a band around the ankles, and a baseball cap with an insignia on it.

Anyone with information is asked to call Lowell police at (978) 937-3200 or Crimestoppers at (978) 459-TIPS (8477). Callers may remain anonymous, but can receive up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.

The FBI is now on the case of the guy who held up the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank at Stadium Plaza last week, and they say he has hit at least two other banks as well.

The FBI says the same man is suspected of holding up the Merrimack Valley Credit Union on Osgood Street in North Andover on Aug. 17.

Here is a picture of him from that heist.

The FBI also suspects the same man held up Citizen's Bank on Main Street in Sharon on September 1.

Here is a picture of him in that bank.

The robbery in Tewksbury was a week ago on the 19th. He passed a note to a teller demanding money from several drawers, and then escaped on foot.

Here are the two pictures Tewksbury PD put out from the bank.

This one is from the bank lobby.

The guy in the photos is described as a whilte male, in his late 20's to early 30's, between 6'0 and 6'3, with a heavy build.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the FBI at (617) 742-5533.

It was a tough week in Pawtucketville.

In addition to the double-murder, two women on White Street, not far at all from the murder scene, were robbed at gunpoint about 8:30 Thursday night.

Two guys pulled up in a car as the women were walking, one pointed a gun at the women, slid back the slide to load it, and demanded their purses. Both women handed over their bags with cash and credit cards inside.

The women were apparently composed enough to get the car's license plate as it drove off, though. No small feat when you've just come face to face with the barrel of a gun.

Police then spotted the car at Rock and Fletcher streets Friday morning about 2:20 a.m., and arrested Ariel Hernandez, 21, of 9 Phillips St., second floor, and Giovanni Hill, 20, of 70 Agawam St.

Both are charged with armed robbery while masked.

Hernandez is additionally charged with carrying a firearm without a license, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, and failure to stop for a stop sign.

Hernandez has been accused of this sort of thing before.

In early December, 2006, he was arrested along with Juan Ramirez, then 18, of 293 Pawtucket Blvd., after someone spotted both of them hiding in the bushes outside a pizza shop with masks on their faces and what appeared to be a handgun.

Police gave chase and ended up catching them. It turned out Hernandez had a BB gun in that instance.

In that case, both men were charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery while masked and disorderly conduct. Hernandez was also charged with resisting arrest and assault with a dangerous weapon (BB gun).

I couldn't find any old stories about whether he was ever convicted, though, so for all I know he could have been cleared of those charges. There's just no way to check that sort of thing late on a Saturday night.

Lowell Police caught up with a suspect in the bank robbery at Sovereign Bank last night at Motel 6 in Tewksbury.

I would have updated sooner but they hadn't charged him as of midnight when my shift ended.

Today Stanley Wood, 29, of 72 Cambridge St., Worcester, was charged with the robbery.

Still no arrests in the Tewksbury robbery at the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank in Stadium Plaza. Review the surveillance photos from that one by following the link above or scrolling down a bit.

Police say the guy pictured below held up the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank in Stadium Plaza this morning about 10:45 a.m., when he walked into the bank and passed a note demanding cash from three of the tellers.

He got an undisclosed amount of cash, and then fled on foot toward Clark Road. The bank is located at 10 Main St., in Stadium Plaza. Here he is as he left the bank's lobby.

He is described as a white male, 25 to 30-years-old, with brown hair. He wore a black sweatshirt, gray pants, and carried a black brief case. He did not display a weapon.

If anyone has information on his identity or whereabouts Tewksbury police ask that you call them at (978) 851-7373 extension 239 or 225, or just email tewksburypd@tewksbury-ma.gov.

About two hours later, Lowell Police got a call for a robbery at Sovereign Bank, 170 Merrimack St.

That suspect was described as a white male, about 5'10, 120 pounds. He was clean-shaven and wore charcoal colored pants and a white sweatshirt with a Red Sox symbol on it.

No one can say at this point if the two are connected, but it's under investigation.

Anyone with info on the Lowell heist should call Lowell police at (978) 937-3200 or Crimestoppers at (978) 459-TIPS (8477). Callers may remain anonymous, but can receive up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.