Update: Police apprehend suspect in Claremont robbery

CLAREMONT — After the 35-year-old suspect in an armed robbery evaded police for approximately one day, they located him Thursday afternoon near the abandoned salt sheds on Mulberry Street, according to a police report. Claremont Police arrested James Doherty Jr., of Claremont, on several felony and misdemeanor charges, including some stemming from a Wednesday robbery. Police say he shoplifted from a store, threatened two employees with a knife and pushed one of them to the ground. James Doherty Jr. was arrested for an alleged armed robbery that occurred Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Claremont Police) Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, police responded to a shoplifting report that an individual entered Runnings, a retailer on Washington Street, and stole an airsoft pistol, Police Chief Brent Wilmot said Thursday. Two Runnings employees followed the suspect off the property on a path toward the Market Basket grocery store, half a mile up the street.

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