Worcester Hatchet Man Charged After Armed Robbery

Worcester MA

21 December, 2020

4:15 PM

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WORCESTER, MA — A Worcester man suspected in an armed robbery was arrested and charged Sunday night after police caught him running around near the Becker College campus with a hatchet. The incident began around 8 p.m. Sunday when a man wielding a knife forced another man into the vestibule of a building near 1 Irving St. The would-be robber tried to take the victim's phone, but the victim was able to get away first, police said. A short time later, police got a call about a man with a hatchet near Elm and West streets. Police found the man, identified as Edwin Reyes, of Cutler Street, hiding in a driveway at Pleasant and Fruit streets. Reyes was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, intimidation of a witness, assault to rob and trespassing.