LYNN – A Lynn woman was arrested and charged with armed robbery after allegedly threatening a Payless Shoes clerk with a hypodermic needle.According to police, Gina Ramirez, 32, of 35 Bullfinch St., #3, was taken into custody Thursday evening after an incident Wednesday, in which Ramirez allegedly told a Payless Shoes clerk, while brandishing a hypodermic needle, that she and the needle were infected with HIV-AIDs and that she would stab would the clerk if she did not empty the store register and the safe.Police reported that $409 was missing from the store after the incident.Ramirez was arraigned in front of Judge James Lamothe on Friday and is due back in court June 12.
Lynn woman accused of robbing store with needle
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