Four suspects in an armed robbery at a jewelry store in North Andover, Massachusetts, last week are scheduled to be arraigned Monday.
The Essex District Attorney’s Office said the four suspects are scheduled to be arraigned in Lawrence District Court. They said full details will be released after the court appearances.
The four suspects were taken into custody following a reported armed robbery with firearms at Milos Joyeria on Chickering Road on Thursday morning. Police said at the time that one or two other suspects were still believed to be at large, but no details about their whereabouts were released Monday.
Officers began chasing the alleged getaway vehicle near the 99 Restaurant in North Andover before crossing into Lawrence around 10:40 a.m. Thursday.
The robbery suspects fled police in a vehicle, leading to a crash on an Interstate 495 exit ramp, North Andover police said earlier Thursday. The people inside fled.
The FBI, Massachusetts State Police and local police departments were helping search on the ground and by air in Lawrence for the person or people who remained at large, police said.
Five robbers were seen in the jewelry store at Chickering Plaza, but police said it was possible a sixth person acted as a driver.
No injuries were reported in the robbery.
At least one person remained on the run Thursday evening after a group robbed a jewelry store in North Andover.
“Like a scene from a movie, almost,” said Celeste Brodnick, who was on her way to work Thursday morning when she saw three men on the run in Lawrence.
“I saw this guy running up the exit ramp with a bag,” she said. “It looked like a Market Basket bag, and I’m like, ‘That’s really weird.'”
And then she spotted a second man.
“And I’m going, ‘They just robbed somebody,’ but I mean, I didn’t really think,” said Brodnick, who had no idea about the robbery at Milos Joyeria.
She saw a third man running out of the woods.
“His bag was definitely heavy and he was, like, clutching it, so I’m imagining he had some of the jewels,” she said.
Some owners of other businesses at Chickering Plaza had no idea what had happened until police showed up.
“It’s scary to think that took place steps away,” said Heather Thifault, owner of That Dirty Dog, a dog grooming business two doors down from the jewelry store.
