REVERE - Police responded to three armed robberies in the city late Sunday night and made two arrests, but detectives haven't linked the suspects to the other armed robberies that have plagued the city in recent weeks.
The first arrest of the night was made shortly after a 26-year-old man allegedly pointed a silver handgun at the bartender inside Bill Ash's Bar at 78 Revere Beach Blvd. and demanded money.
Tyron Minardi of 80 South Breeman St., East Boston, was arrested and charged with armed robbery while masked and receiving stolen property at about 11:45 p.m.
Minardi was arrested after an officer saw him running out of an alleyway near the Revere Beach train station, which is one block away from the bar, and fit the description of the suspect.
Police said the victims positively identified Minardi as the man who robbed them and a large sum of cash was recovered from his front pocket.
Another officer recovered the firearm behind an electrical box at the intersection of Beach Street and North Shore Road after Minardi told police where to find it, police said. A bag of money was found near 651 Beach St. where Minardi admitted he ditched it upon seeing the officers, police said.
Police also found a car key in Minardi's pocket that was for a stolen car that was found parked behind Bill Ashe's, police said.
The second arrest occurred shortly after a 2 a.m. Monday robbery that left the victim slashed in the face by a knife.
The victim walked from the Wonderland train station when the suspect tried to rob him on North Shore Road.
The suspect, later identified as Thomas Twoguns, 24, of 47 Bellingham Ave. #3, Revere, allegedly jumped a fence and approached the victim from behind. He demanded the victim give him money and allegedly ripped off the victim's backpack.
The victim fought back and was punched in the face. The suspect then pulled out a knife and slashed him in the face and neck. The victim was not seriously injured.
Twoguns was found a few minutes later in a nearby parking lot and positively identified by the victim as the suspect. He was arrested and charged with attempted robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Finally, police responded to the first robbery of the night at 9:45 p.m. at Orange Grove convenience store at 158 Shirley Ave. Two Latino males allegedly walked into the store while masked with at least one holding a knife. One suspect placed the knife against the female clerk's stomach and said, "Don't do anything stupid or I'll stab you," according to a police report.
The suspects ordered the clerk to empty all the money from the cash register then forced her to rip dozens of scratch tickets off the wall. No arrests were made.
Police did not charge the suspects with the five other armed robberies that have been reported in Revere since Jan. 22.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect in the Jan. 29 Seven Day convenience store robbery on Winthrop Avenue in which a gun was used. The Hess gas station on Squire Road was hit on Jan. 26, the Tobie's Jewelry store on Shirley Avenue was robbed at gunpoint Jan. 22 and two knifepoint street robberies occurred in the Shirley Avenue neighborhood on Jan. 24.
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