The 12 thefts allegedly began on Feb. 27, when Swampscott Police responded to the Citgo gas station at 219 Paradise Road. When they arrived, a window was broken and 300 Massachusetts scratch tickets were gone.
Police said that in the past month, six stores have reported similar robberies in New Hampshire and other incidents have been reported on the Massachusetts North Shore.
Mar. 20—Desarai Bennett, a tenant at the Cross Creek Apartments, has been charged as an accessory to the reportedly accidental shooting that killed a six-year-old boy at the Beaufort complex