A 32-year-old Dorchester man was arrested after a person was allegedly robbed at knifepoint at Malcolm X Park in Roxbury over the weekend, Boston police said Sunday.
Shawn Marsh is charged with armed robbery and carrying a dangerous weapon, specifically brass knuckles, Boston police said in a statement. He is scheduled to be arraigned in the Roxbury division of Boston Municipal Court. It was unclear Sunday whether Marsh had hired an attorney to represent him.
Officers responded to a report of a man with a knife near 150 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., the address of the park, at about 11:49 a.m. Saturday, police said. Officers were told the man “randomly became aggressive” toward a victim, pulling out a knife and pointing it at him, according to the statement.
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The man with the knife, later identified as Marsh, then allegedly stole an item from the victim and ran off, police said.
About an hour and 20 minutes after the first call, police received a second report of a person with a knife near the park, according the statement.
Detectives gave the officers a description of the man sought earlier, police said. When the officers arrived at the park, they saw Marsh, who allegedly matched the description provided by detectives, and the officers immediately placed him into handcuffs, according to the statement.
Officers searched Marsh and found “a knife with brass knuckles,” police said.
Marsh was then placed under arrest, police said.
Adam Sennott can be reached at adam.sennott@globe.com.