Prosecutors say a 25-year-old man threatened to stab a CVS employee with a syringe filled with his own blood as he attempted to flee the pharmacy with arms full of paper towels and cashew nuts.
That incident in Boston prompted charges of armed robbery and shoplifting by asportation against an Ipswich man, who has a 32-page criminal record, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office. The man’s criminal history dates back to 2013, and includes charges of assault and battery, leaving the scene of an injured person and receiving stolen property.
During the most recent incident, Boston police went to a CVS on Cambridge Street at around 8:16 a.m., where an employee told officers he saw a man grab paper towels and…
