Police Investigating Over Night Gas Station Robbery

Burlington Police are investigating a robbery at the Shell station on Middlesex Turnpike that happened early this morning. 

According to a release from Lt. Thomas Browne of the Burlington Police Department, on Monday, October 21, at 2:40 am the Burlington Police Department responded to the Shell gas station at 61 Middlesex Turnpike on a 911 report of an armed robbery. Units were immediately dispatched to the scene.

Initial investigation revealed that a male subject entered the Shell station wearing a white “Under Armour” baseball cap with a white mask across his face and sunglasses covering his eyes. He was also wearing white gloves, a black jacket with a gray sweatshirt underneath, black pants and black sneakers. The subject is believed to be approximately 5-00” tall. Ethnicity and hair color unknown.

The subject showed a knife during the robbery and made off with an unknown amount of money. Upon exiting the Shell, the subject got into a black or dark colored sedan, driven by another person. The vehicle fled north on the Middlesex Tpke.

Any person with information on this robbery is asked to call the Burlington Police Department at (781) 272-1212.