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Police have arrested a Richmond man in connection with Monday night's robbery and hammer attack of a man and woman in the 3100 block of Hanover Avenue.

Allen A. Kelly, 46, of the 5800 block of Westover Village Drive, was arrested late Thursday afternoon in Chesterfield County by Richmond detectives from the 3rd Precinct's Focus Mission Team. Chesterfield police assisted.

Kelly was charged with robbery and malicious wounding, Richmond police said.

He is accused of accosting two people walking together Monday about 10:50 p.m. in the city's Museum District on Hanover Avenue. Police said the assailant attacked the victims with a hammer-like object. The woman's purse was taken after she was struck in the head.