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On Monday, January 28, 2019, at approximately 8:33 p.m. members of the Dartmouth Police Department responded to an armed robbery at Jewelry Express inside of the Dartmouth Mall.
Upon arrival, officers learned that the suspect had smashed a glass case with a hammer, and made off with assorted jewelry valued at over $87,000.
While interviewing witnesses, officers were able to get a description of the suspect, as well as a registration plate off of the vehicle in which he fled.
After a regional broadcast regarding the vehicle was put out, officers from the Lakeville Police Department located both the suspect and his vehicle in their town.
As a result of a corresponding investigation by Dartmouth Police Detective Derek SOUSA, 30-year-old Drew Beck of Taunton, Massachusetts, was arrested and charged with armed robbery, vandalism, use of a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony, and larceny of property valued over $1,200.
Becks’s vehicle was impounded, and the investigation continues.
