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Police capture alleged assailant after barricading himself in a supermarket in Los Alcarrizos

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Santo Domingo. Agents of the National Police arrested this Friday a man accused of robbery, who barricaded himself in a supermarket in the municipality of Los Alcarrizos after allegedly committing an assault. The detainee, identified only as "El Flow", is accused of allegedly taking a wallet and a cell phone from a woman. The victim was identified as Ángela María. According to the preliminary report, after the incident, the man took refuge in the Jai Peng supermarket, where he was initially held by community members and later handed over to the police authorities.

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