Sandwich man charged with assaulting, robbing owners of Hanover Street store

BOSTON, March 13, 2023 —A Sandwich man was virtually arraigned from the Barnstable House of Correction today on charges that he and an accomplice beat and robbed two owners of a Hanover Street convenience store last November, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.

DEMPSEY ALLEN, 26, was charged in Central BMC with armed robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and assault and battery.  Judge Richard Sinnott ordered Allen held in lieu of $1,000 bail and furthered ordered Allen to stay away from the crime location and from downtown Boston.  Allen will return to court March 31 for a probable cause hearing. 

Allen is in Barnstable House of Correction on an open drug case.

Assistant District Attorney Kate Fraiman said that on November 2 at about 11:15 p.m. Boston police responded to Hanover Street, where two owners of a convenience store told them that while they were taking out trash from the store they had been attacked and robbed by two men. The attackers punched and kicked one victim, a female, in the head.  They punched the other victim, a male, and ripped a chain valued at $2,600 from around his neck.  The female victim was transported to Massachusetts Hospital for head injuries. 

An investigation including video surveillance footage and descriptions by the victims helped police identify Allen as one of the attackers.  The second suspect has not been identified.

James Borghesani, Chief of Communications