BOSTON — A 37-year-old Boston woman has been arrested after police say she returned to the scene of a robbery to locate her missing cell phone.
On Sunday night, police were called to CVS at 400 Tremont Street for a reported armed robbery.
An elderly woman told police she was shopping when a woman came behind her, pushed her to the ground and stole her purse. The woman fled the store.
Suspect Under Arrest After Returning to the Scene of Armed Robbery in Search of her Missing Cell Phone https://t.co/Wi6eEGs24N
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) May 7, 2018
Someone found the stolen purse a short distance away on the Arlington Street overpass bridge. Police also recovered a brown-handled knife which was left outside of the store.
While police were at the scene investigating, they say the suspect, 37-year-old Mary Gallas, came back to look for her lost cell phone. Police did find the cell phone, and arrested Gallas, charging her with armed robbery on a victim over 65 and assault and battery on a victim over 65.
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