PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Pawtucket gas station over the weekend.

Robert Smith, 60, was taken into custody Monday and charged with first-degree robbery.

Officers were called to the Gulf Express off East Avenue Sunday to investigate reports of a robbery.

Police said the suspect walked into the store, claimed he had a gun and threatened to shoot the clerk in the head. He then ran out of the store with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.

Detectives were able to identify the vehicle the suspect took off in using the city's automated license plate readers.

Police said the detectives spotted the vehicle later on while surveilling the city.

The detectives pulled the vehicle over and determined that the driver, later identified as S

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