Cranston police announce arrest of armed robbery suspect

CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE)- The Cranston Police Department announced on Saturday that they had arrested a man who allegedly robbed a local gas station earlier this year.

Police said that they arrested 19-year-old Izaiah Richard Rivera on Wednesday at about 9 a.m. at his home in Providence.

Rivera had robbed the Ocean State Mobil gas station on Elmwood Avenue on Jan. 7, according to police.

The department said that Rivera entered the gas station, approached the cashier, and demanded cash, while threatening her with a knife.

Rivera was seen by the cashier fleeing from the scene in a vehicle that investigators found to be stolen. The car had been stolen from a Providence restaurant earlier that day, police said.

Rivera was charged with first degree robbery, and is being held at the ACI Intake Center on $30,000 surety bail.