A Danbury man has been arrested by Newtown police on nine criminal and motor vehicle charges stemming from a November 2 robbery in Sandy Hook Center, the type of street crime that is rare locally.

Police said this week they arrested Osvaldo Lopez, 29, of Danbury, on five felonies, two misdemeanors, and two unclassified violations stemming from the violent incident that occurred in a commercial parking lot behind 111, 113, and 115 Church Hill Road. The charges are first-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree larceny, third-degree robbery, third-degree assault, risk of injury to a child, illegal possession of a weapon (knife) in a motor vehicle, third-degree larceny, reckless driving, and driving a vehicle while under suspension.

Police arrested Lopez at Connecticut Superior Court in Danbury on a warrant on the morning of December 21. Lopez has been in state custody as a prisoner since December 8 on other pending charges.

Lopez pleaded not guilty to the nine charges filed by Newtown police and is scheduled to return to court on January 11. Lopez is being held at the New Haven Correctional Center on $75,000 bail on the Newtown charges.

Danbury police and Waterbury police have other charges pending against Lopez in connection with other incidents. His overall bail is $242,500. Lopez is represented by a public defender.

On November 2, at about 4:51 pm, Newtown police received a call reporting that an auto theft had occurred from a commercial parking lot.

After arriving in Sandy Hook Center, Newtown police learned that Lopez, whose identity was then unknown to them, had recklessly driven a damaged Toyota into the parking lot. Lopez then exited the Toyota and approached a 10-year-old girl who was holding the keys for a nearby 2014 Honda Odyssey minivan, according to police.

Lopez allegedly took the keys from the girl, got into the Honda, started the vehicle, and then attempted to drive away. As Lopez attempted to drive off, the girl's father tried to stop him by jumping onto the Honda's hood.

Lopez then accelerated, resulting in the father falling off the Honda and receiving minor injuries. Lopez then drove out of Sandy Hook Center and was later seen entering Interstate 84 at Exit 11, police said.

Police located that stolen Honda in Danbury over the weekend of November 4-5. They collected forensic evidence from the vehicle. The Toyota, which Lopez had left in the Sandy Hook Center parking lot, had been stolen from Waterbury, according to police.

Newtown police worked with Danbury police and Waterbury police in investigating the Sandy Hook Center robbery.