Seekonk Police Arrest Rhode Island Man for Alleged Armed Robbery

SEEKONK (WBSM) — A Rhode Island man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery of a liquor on Wednesday night.

On December 13, police were dispatched to Winn’s Liquors on Brook Street in Seekonk for the report of an armed robbery in progress.

Police were informed that a white male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt was allegedly threatening the clerk with a knife. The man, later identified as Gary Tallo, 32, from Johnston, Rhode Island allegedly assaulted the clerk and robbed the store of an unknown amount of cash, liquor and cigarettes.

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An officer observed Tallo fleeing the area on foot and then chased after him. Tallo was eventually located in the yard of a nearby residence, where police held him at gunpoint while he was allegedly still armed, holding the knife in his hand.

Police said Tallo was taken into custody and the stolen property from the liquor store was recovered at the scene of the arrest.

Tallo was charged with armed robbery and assault and battery offenses. He was also charged with threatening to commit crime, malicious destruction of property and resisting arrest.

He was arraigned in Taunton District Court today.