Solicitor Robbed Along Wenham Road, Police Search for Suspect

Wenham police are searching for the suspect in the assault and armed robbery of a solicitor on Tuesday evening.

Police Chief Thomas Perkins said in a statement that at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday a 27-year-old woman soliciting for MASSPIRG was working an area of Burley Street near the Danvers town line when she said she was approached by a black male in his late 20s. The victim told police that the man pushed her to the ground and said that he had a gun. The man then took her iPad, purse and phone and forcibly removed her North Face fleece jacket, according to police.

He then fled in a red Toyota RAV4 sport utility vehicle into Danvers.

Burley Street is a residential area of Wenham that runs between Maple Street and Danvers, near Beverly Airport.

Police describe the suspect as bald man, about 5-feet, 10-inches tall with a thin build. He was wearing a white t-shirt at the time of the robbery.

The victim told police she noticed that the Toyota had a white license plate but she did not get any of the numbers.

Anyone with information about the suspect or on this case is asked to call Detective David Marsh at the Wenham Police Department at 978-468-4000.