Crime
Barake Janvier, 18, was arrested on charges of class A felony robbery.
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An 18-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested after allegedly holding a USPS driver at gunpoint and demanding his postal keys in New Hampshire, police said.
Barake Janvier, of Lowell, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with class A felony robbery, police in Nashua, N.H. said.
Officers responded to the area of Blacksmith Way in Nashua on Tuesday for a report of an armed robbery, according to police. The victim, a USPS mail carrier, said he was held at gunpoint by a man who demanded his postal keys. The keys grant access to every mail dispenser in Nashua, police said.
Officers obtained surveillance footage of the incident and talked to witnesses to identify multiple people of interest and the vehicles they used, the department said.
The identified vehicle was found in Lowell, officials said. Janvier was then arrested.
Janvier is held on Preventative Detention at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections and is scheduled to appear in Nashua Court on Thursday at 1 p.m., police said.
No other arrests have been made in connection to the incident but the investigation remains ongoing, according to police.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Nashua Police Department at 603-589-1665.
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