HYANNIS — A 46-year-old Hyannis man was arrested Saturday and charged with unarmed robbery.
Imuran Charlemagne was taken into custody following an incident at approximately 4:28 p.m. at the United Gas Station located at 199 Falmouth Road.
Barnstable Police Officers responded to a report that a male stole a purse from a female at the gas pump.
The suspect was last seen running into the Christmas Tree Shopping plaza.
The victim reported to responding officers that she had approximately $4,000 in her purse when the male subject followed her out of the gas station and ripped the purse from her hands.
Officer Spencer Jackson located Charlemagne sitting outside a room at the Hyannis Host Hotel.
As officers prepared to take him into custody, Charlemagne entered his hotel room, prompting responding officers to secure the area.
A Barnstable Police Detective assisted with the investigation and was able to identify Charlemagne as the suspect in another incident that had occurred Saturday, June 21.
In that incident at approximately 5:06 p.m., a staff member working at Luke’s Liquors located at 395 Barnstable Road reported that a male subject had stolen a purse from inside a running vehicle in the parking lot.
Officer Jackson obtained a temporary arrest warrant and search warrant for the hotel room.
Officers executed the search warrant, resulting in the safe apprehension of Charlemagne without further incident.
During the execution of the warrant, approximately $3,000 in cash was recovered, which was hidden inside the hotel room.
Charlemagne was transported to the Barnstable Police Department where he was booked for unarmed robbery for stealing the purse and breaking and entering and larceny for the June incident.
Charlemagne was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at Barnstable District Court on Monday, July 28.
