Police Arrest Weymouth Armed Robbery Suspect after High Speed Chase

Police arrested the second suspect in last Friday’s armed robbery at Previte’s Market in Weymouth and the carjacking of an elderly woman at a nearby retirement community.

Weymouth Police Captain Richard Fuller said Weymouth officers tracked Jerry Irvin Anitus, 20, of Brockton to an address in North Providence, Rhode Island on Thursday. The detectives contacted the North Providence Police Department and the Rhode Island State Police Fugitive Unit and advised them of his location.

Shortly after noontime on Thursday,  Anitus was spotted leaving the location in a vehicle and a high speed pursuit began, Fuller said. 

Anitus was arrested after striking a Smithfield, R.I. police cruiser.

He is now being held in Rhode Island on new charges and will eventually be returned to Massachusetts to face the armed robbery and carjacking charges, Fuller said.

Anitus was wanted for carjacking, assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery on a person age 60 or older, assault to commit a felony, using a motor vehicle without authority and trespassing. 

Police believe Anitus robbed Previte’s Market with a handgun and then fled into the Linden Ponds retirement community’s parking area where he carjacked an 85-year-old woman.

An accomplice in the Previte’s robbery was arrested on Friday at the Queen Anne’s Gate apartment complex.