Jan 4, 2009 3:53 pm US/Eastern
Back Bay Armed Robberies Suspect Arrested
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
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This surveillance image was taken from the Dec. 29 robbery at Starbucks.
WBZ
A Mattapan man wanted in connection with several armed robberies in the South End and Back Bay neighborhoods last month has been arrested.
Preston Jackson, 42, is suspected of hitting up several businesses, including a Starbucks on Brookline Avenue about a block from Fenway Park. He was arrested on Saturday night.
Police said around 8:20 p.m. last Monday a man slipped a Starbucks employee a note that read, "Give me the money and no one gets shot." Thinking the note was a written coffee order, the employee read the message aloud to a second employee, who then handed the robber money from the register.
The robber then grabbed the note and cash and fled on foot up Brookline Avenue toward Kenmore Square.
Boston police believe Jackson may be responsible for several other business robberies in South End and Back Bay. Those incidents happened on Dec. 18, Dec. 21, Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 in the area of Newbury Street.
In those robberies, the suspect passed a threatening note indicating he had a gun.
Jackson is charged with armed attempted robbery, police said. He will also be charged for his role in several other armed robberies.
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