The two robberies occurred roughly an hour apart.
SPRINGFIELD – Police are investigating two separate armed robberies involving different suspects that occurred roughly an hour apart in the eastern sections of the city, police said.
The first occurred just before 8:30 p.m. at the Mobil convenience store, 1828 Boston Road, near the Wilbraham town line, said Sgt. Christopher Hitus.
A man wearing a mask entered the store and threatened the clerk with a knife, forcing him to open the register. The robber then pulled the cash drawer out of the register and ran out the store, he said.
Because of its proximity to the town line, Springfield police alerted Wilbraham to be on the lookout for the suspect.
He was described as a 5 foot, 9 inch tall and white. He was wearing blue jeans and a multi-colored hooded jacket, Hitus said.
The second robbery occurred at around 9:30 p.m.
A masked man with a gun held up Meldrum’s Package Store, 969 Berkshire Ave. in Indian Orchard. He threatened store employees and forced them to wait in a basement storage area while he took money from the register, Hitus said.
None of the employees was hurt.
The suspect was described as a black man with a black and white jacket, he said.
Springfield detectives were on the scene of each robbery Tuesday night, Hitas said.
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