Taunton Armed Robber Sentenced to State Prison
Bristol County District Attorney’s Office
Thomas M. Quinn III
District Attorney
Press Release
August 7, 2023
A 39-year-old Taunton man who committed a violent armed robbery at a gas station in Taunton last summer was sentenced to serve four-and-a-half to six years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.
Christopher Azevedo pled guilty in Fall River Superior Court to indictments charging him with Armed Robbery, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
On June 22, 2022, Taunton Police were called to the Geko gas station for an armed robbery.
The clerk, who was hospitalized, told police that he was taking a gas delivery when the masked and hooded defendant came in to the office area. The defendant was armed with a very large knife and ordered the clerk to put the money in a bag or get stabbed. The clerk struggled with the defendant, during which the clerk was able to get the large knife from the robber. The defendant initially had pinned the clerk to the ground, but once the clerk was able to disarm the defendant, he stabbed the robber multiple times. The clerk suffered some abrasions to his hands, arms and forehead and a cut to hand during the incident.
Even after being stabbed, the defendant would not leave and was still attempting to get money from the store. He tried to strike the clerk with a metal display rack and eventually grabbed the cash register drawer and left on foot. The register drawer and sweatpants consistent with the robber’s sweatpants were found in the area with blood on them. A review of the surveillance footage showed the entire incident just as the clerk described it.
Taunton Police posted still photos of the robber on social media and received anonymous tips that the defendant was the one who committed the robbery. When police went to the defendant’s home, they found a bloody sweatshirt, bloody sneakers, and noted that the defendant had stab wound consistent with where he was stabbed during the robbery.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Thompson and the state prison sentence was imposed by Judge Sharon Donatelle.
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