A 7-Eleven clerk called police at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to report the store had been robbed by an armed and masked man, according to a press release.
The clerk told police the robber entered the convenience store wearing a mask and brandishing a large hunting knife. The man threatened to kill the clerk and proceeded to jump over the counter, rip two cash drawers out of the register and flee in a vehicle.
Police searched the surrounding area and spotted the vehicle on Race Ln. The alleged robbers crashed into the rotary at the Cape Cod Airport while trying to evade police.
Police apprehended two men after the crash, Edwin Martinez, 30, of Lyn, MA and Selvin Deleon, 19, of Lyn, MA.
Martinez was charged with armed robbery while masked, threat to commit a crime (murder) and assault by dangerous weapon (knife). Deleon was charged with accessory after the fact, receiving stolen property over $250 and arrested on a default warrant out of Peabody District Court for unlicensed operation.