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Jan 25, 2005, 11:57 am (2 comments)
A 41-year-old Lowell, Massachusetts man is facing armed robbery charges after he was nabbed walking away from a Bridge Street convenience store he had just robbed at knifepoint, police said.
Michael J. Silva, no known address, was arrested about 4 p.m. on Albion Street, where officer Stephen Morrill chased him after spotting him on West Fifth Street, police said.
Morrill was on his way to a reported armed robbery at Store 24, 494 Bridge St., when he spotted Silva carrying something blue and saw several people pointing at him.
The blue item turned out to be a lottery machine from the store, police said.
Silva held the store up by walking in, going behind the counter, and lifting a pair of large knives above his head while saying something incoherent, police said.
The clerk ran from the store and called police.
Lowell Sun
Have mercy on this crazy person. There are better things to do.
Crazy people with knives don't belong on the street.