Pittsfield Police Nab Robbery Suspect on North Street
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Police arrested an unarmed robbery suspect in under an hour over the weekend after a woman had her purse snatched.
On Sunday, a 77-year-old Pittsfield resident entered the police station and reported that she had just been forcefully robbed of her purse while walking on the 200 Block of North Street.
She was uninjured from the incident.
Patrol officers initiated an investigation that focused on a Hamlin Street residence and within one hour, they located the victim’s belongings and arrested 30-year-old Felix Rios.
Police did not say what time of the day the event occurred.
Rios is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday in Central Berkshire District Court on one count of unarmed robbery of a person older than 60 (aggravated.)
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