Police Arrest Suspects Connected to a Series of Armed Street Robberies



7/4/2015

Two men and two juveniles were arrested in Lawrence following a series of armed robberies that took place in Cambridge, Brookline, Boston, and Lawrence on Friday morning.

Michael Ellis, 20, 99 Broadway in Haverhill; King Sheman, 19, 33 Story Avenue in Newburyport; and two male juveniles out of Newburyport and Amesbury were arrested by the Lawrence Police Department on Friday morning after the suspects pistol whipped and robbed a victim in Lawrence of their phone and wallet. The suspect’s vehicle – a black Volkswagen – and two weapons – a black and silver BB gun – were recovered. Shortly thereafter, detectives from the Cambridge Police Department, Boston Police Department and Brookline Police Department responded to the Lawrence Police Department to interview the suspects and review the recovered evidence since they matched the descriptions provided by each of the victims in the respective cities. Initial property recovered included belongings from the Cambridge victims.

Due to the preliminary investigation and property recovered, the departments are highly confident that these suspects were involved in the armed robberies that took place throughout the four cities Friday morning. Cambridge, Boston and Brookline anticipate formally charging the suspects following the completion of their investigation.

Anyone with information related to these incidents are asked to contact their local police department.

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