WORCESTER – A series of armed robberies early Sunday morning, May 10, led to the arrest of two suspects and a third fleeing the scene.
As ThisWeekInWorcester.com previously reported, a 42-year-old woman from North Oxford, Theresa Venuti and a 40-year-old man Wilberto Rivera were arrested near Upsala St. early Sunday morning.
The man that fled was later identified as 29-year-old Raheen Minton-Delgado of Worcester.
After fleeing, officers tracked Minton-Delgado to the third floor of a Providence St. Officers observed a broken window that indicated forced entry.
SWAT and Hostage Negotiation teams were called to the scene.
Officers forced a locked door open and five residents of the apartment were extracted safe;y.
Minton-Delgado barricaded himself in a rear bedroom, but eventually surrendered to police.
Minton-Delgado is charged with two counts of Armed Robbery, Home Invasion while armed with a Firearm and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon. He also had an active arrest warrant for Breaking and Entering out of Fitchburg Court.
