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Getaway car in NH robbery had 6-year-old passenger

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire say a 6-year-old girl was a passenger in a getaway car allegedly used in an armed robbery.

Police caught up with the car in a cash-only lane at a toll plaza in Bedford, N.H., after a man fled after displaying a gun Sunday at Crosstown Variety in Manchester.

Two people were arrested without incident.

Police say 22-year-old Brian Cunneen of Lowell, Mass., was charged with armed robbery and 27-year-old John Hickey of Lowell, Mass., was charged with criminal liability to an armed robbery. They say a 22-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter were passengers in the car.