Police have arrested a man they said robbed the Market Basket store Wednesday evening on Main Street in Tewksbury. Leonard Boutilier Jr., 46, of Charlestown, was charged with unarmed robbery.Witnesses at the score said the man entered the store and showed a note to workers demanding cash. A store clerk emptied several cash drawers and police said Boutilier loaded the cash into a bag he had with him, before running from the area.Police said they discovered Boutilier a short time later near the Lowell town line. Boutilier was arraigned in Lowell District Court and was being held on $25,000 cash bail.

Police have arrested a man they said robbed the Market Basket store Wednesday evening on Main Street in Tewksbury.



Leonard Boutilier Jr., 46, of Charlestown, was charged with unarmed robbery.


Witnesses at the score said the man entered the store and showed a note to workers demanding cash. A store clerk emptied several cash drawers and police said Boutilier loaded the cash into a bag he had with him, before running from the area.



Tewksbury Police

Police said they discovered Boutilier a short time later near the Lowell town line.

Boutilier was arraigned in Lowell District Court and was being held on $25,000 cash bail.