NEWARK -- A Newark man was arrested and charged in two back-to-back robberies that occurred Wednesday morning, police said.

The first happened around 8 a.m. in the 800 block of S. 17th Street, when a man was robbed by another man.

A half-hour later, an officer canvassing the neighborhood in search of that suspect was flagged down by residents who said a store on S. 16th Street was being held up. The officer entered the store and ordered Marvin basker, 42, to drop an item in a paper bag he was pointing at the store's owner. The item was not a weapon, police said.

Basker was taken into custody and charged with criminal restraint, simple assault and terroristic threats. He was also linked to the earlier robbery and charged with that crime.