The suspect allegedly took his female victim into an alley and demanded money.
Jose MarinSPRINGFIELD – Police said they arrested a 32-year-old city man early Friday morning after he allegedly forced a woman into an alley in the South End and demanded money.
Sgt. John M. Delaney said that the distraught 27-year-old victim, who lives in Holyoke, flagged down police officers Daniel Billingsley and Michael McNally shortly after 12:30 a.m.
The woman told police that she had been walking on Main Street, near Marble Street, when the suspect came out of the shadows, put her into a headlock and grabbed her cell phone.
The suspect, Jose Marin, of 43 Central St., then took the woman into an alley and demanded money, Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said.
The robbery was interrupted, however, when the two officers, on routine patrol, passed by. They captured the suspect as he attempted to get away, Delaney said.
Marin was charged with unarmed robbery, Delaney said.