New Hartford, N.Y. — A couple was shopping with a child Saturday inside a Walmart in Oneida County when a man with a loaded gun approached, police said.
The man and a teenage boy tried to steal gold necklaces from the man and woman’s necks, police said. When the couple refused to hand over their jewelry, the would-be robbers chased the man around the New Hartford store while the woman ushered her child away, police said.
The attempted robbery at the Walmart in Consumer Square happened around 5:15 p.m. The New Hartford Police Department arrested two people: Donte Hawkins, 26, of Utica, and an unnamed teenage boy.
After chasing the man they’d tried to rob, Hawkins and the teen fled from the store and ran toward Commerical Drive, police said.
Officers searched the area and spotted both suspects. The teenager was arrested in the plaza. But Hawkins ran, police said.
Hawkins was found in a patch of woods behind Consumer Square, police said. When he was arrested, he had a loaded 9 mm handgun, police said.
Hawkins was charged with attempted first-degree robbery, attempted second-degree robbery, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child. At the time of his arrest, he was wanted on warrants for unrelated felony and misdemeanor charges, police said.
As of Sunday morning, Hawkins remained in the Oneida County Correctional Facility.
The teenager was charged with attempted first-degree robbery and attempted second-degree robbery. His case will be handled in Oneida County family court.
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