News Link Live reported that a Lowell man was arrested following an alleged robbery in a Dracut business parking lot on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. Dracut Police Chief Peter Bartlett told News Link Live that officers learned Sameer Abdu, 23, demanded cash while trying to enter a woman's car in the 1200 block of Merrimack Avenue. Responding officers spotted a matching suspect on an e-bike who fled toward Huron Street. Methuen police, who were already searching for Abdu regarding a separate phone theft, apprehended him shortly after near the town line. Abdu was booked in Dracut and arraigned on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Lowell District Court. Bail was set at $7,500 cash with a mandatory mental health evaluation, and he is due back in court on Dec. 16, 2026.