WALLINGFORD, Conn — A 13-year-old boy has been charged following a knifepoint robbery at a Wallingford gas station on Tuesday.
Wallingford police said they responded to 259 Quinnipiac Street, Citgo, for the report of a male juvenile wearing a red mask, black clothing with a knife in his hand. Officers determined the boy pointed a knife at the cashier and demanded money from the register. The cashier realized it was a kid and told him, “No.” The boy left the Citgo and began to run down Geneva Avenue. Patrol units arrived and saw the boy running frantically on Bull Avenue and were able to apprehend him. The boy was charged with Robbery in the First Degree.
He was issued a court date on July 18 at 9 a.m. at Superior Court Juvenile Matters in New Haven.
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