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Taunton Police Charge man in Armed Robbery

According to NBC 10 in Providence, the Taunton Police Department arrested a Taunton man on Friday in connection to an armed robbery at a gas station on June 22.

 

The 38-year-old Christopher Azevedo was arrested and charged with armed robbery while masked, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, as well as malicious destruction of property. Azevedo allegedly robbed GeKo gas station on Weir Street in Taunton and fled on foot with the station's cash register. Azevedo was arraigned at Taunton District Court on Monday where Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn's office requested he be detained as a danger to the public.

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