Police make arrest in Brookline robbery, carjacking
A homeless man suspected of robbing a Brookline Star Market grocery store and commandeering a Lexus sport utility vehicle to make his escape was arrested this afternoon by Boston police, officials said.
Steven Michael Lovering, 44, whose last known address was 17 Court St., Boston, a homeless shelter, was wanted by Brookline police on charges of unarmed robbery and carjacking. He was arrested in downtown Boston early this afternoon, police said.
On Wednesday afternoon, Lovering allegedly passed a note to a cashier at the Beacon Street Star Market and grabbed the cash drawer from the register when the employee refused. He took the cash from the register, discarded the drawer in the parking lot, and then fled onto Beacon Street. There, police said, he hijacked a Lexus SUV (the owner scrambled out, unharmed) and fled to the Brookline Hills MBTA Station, where he discarded the vehicle.
Police said tips provided to police led to the arrest warrant for Lovering, who is also wanted on two additional unarmed robbery warrants out of Roxbury and South Boston district courts.
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