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Bank Robbery
Police & Fire
Smoking Cash, 'Brave Bystander' Help Officers Capture South Boston Bank Robber: Police
Police in Boston said they received an assist from a "brave bystander" who helped them capture a bank robber trying to make her getaway. The robbery happened just after 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, when a woman, described as 5 feet tall in a black hoodie and surgical mask, demanded cash and then sprinted away, Boston police said. Police began scouring the area looking for her when a bystander flagged down officers on Father Songin Way. The bystander told police he saw the woman running from the bank down Boston Street toward Andrew Station. Red smoke was billowing ou…
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Martha's Vineyard Man Who Wore Wig, Used Fake Bomb In Bank Robbery Gets 8 Years: Feds
A 40-year-old Martha's Vineyard former clothing store owner who admitted to robbing a bank on Cape Cod last year will spend more than eight years behind bars, authorities announced. Petar Petyoshin, of Edgartown, pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery in October and was sentenced to 100 months in prison on Monday, Feb. 5, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. He faced a potential 25-year prison sentence. Investigators said Petyoshin robbed the Rockland Trust Bank branch in the Cape Cod town of Falmouth on April 8, wearing a blonde wig and face mask and pointing a pi…
Police & Fire
Greater Boston Area Man Nabbed For Bank Robbery By GPS Tracker
A 42-year-old man has been charged with a bank robbery after a GPS device placed in the money bag led to the vehicle used during the heist in Connecticut. The suspect was charged with robbery on Friday, Nov. 10 after he was extradited on a warrant from a Massachusetts correctional facility for the crime that took place in 2021 in Fairfield County on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, officers in the town of Darien responded to the Peoples Bank located at 25 Old Kings Highway on an active hold-up alarm. While responding to the bank, officers were advised that a GPS tracker was on the mo…
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BB Gun Bank Robber With History Of Stick-Ups Gets 7 Years For Hyde Park Heist
A Hyde Park man with a history of bank robberies added another to his rap sheet when he confessed to holding up a bank in 2019, according to federal authorities. Now, he'll spend the next seven years in prison for it. Paul Whooten, 59, was sentenced on Wednesday, June 21, for robbing a Rockland Trust Bank branch in Hyde Park, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Whooten walked into the bank on 1196 River St bank on Dec. 21, 2019, in a mask and carrying what looked like an assault rifle and pointed it at the teller, authorities said. He demanded cash and walked out of the bank…
Police & Fire
Bank Robber Nabbed Driving Stolen Car At South End Traffic Stop: Police
A traffic stop found that not only was a Cape Cod man driving a stolen vehicle, he had also robbed a bank earlier that same day, officials say. Lukas Gauthier, of Mashpee, was arrested on Saturday, March 11 around 10:00 p.m. near Washington and East Berkeley Street on charges relating to driving the stolen car, but police soon uncovered that he was the same person who allegedly robbed a bank in Boston, according to the Boston Police Department. Earlier that same day at around 11:00 a.m., 27-year-old Gauthier allegedly robbed a Bank of America on Massachusetts Avenue i…
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Update
: Masked, Armed Robber Caught In Lowell: Police
Lowell police announced that Nesuh Gebrechristos had been arrested in a Tweet posted on March 20. A warrant has been issued for a bank robbery suspect dashed from the scene before police could arrive, according to officials. A bank of Bridge Street in Lowell was robbed on Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Lowell Police Department announced on Monday, Feb. 6. The suspect, who police have named as 38-year-old Nesuh Gebrechristos, ran away from the bank before cops could arrive. A warrant has been issued for Gebrechristos, who police say is listed as being without housing, for mask…
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Man Caught With Cash From Bank Robbery Admits To The Tewksbury Heist: Feds
Talk about an open and shut case. A 39-year-old man who was spotted leaving a Tewksbury bank after a 2020 robbery and caught by police with the money, robbery note, and bag he used in the heist has admitted he did it. Nicholas O'Neil pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery on Thursday, Feb. 2, and a judge will sentence him in June, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said O'Neil walked into the Main Street branch of Santander Bank on Sept. 22 and handed the teller a red bag and a note demanding cash. The teller put $5,689 in the bag and gave it to O'Neil, w…
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'Serial Boston Bank Robber' Charged With Another Heist: Feds
A 47-year-old Boston man who was convicted of bank robberies in 1993, 2002, and 2017 is now accused of robbing a Brookline bank last year, federal authorities said. Jerome Lamont Turner is charged with one count of bank robbery and is due in court next week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators allege that Turner entered a Brookline Bank branch on Sept. 26 and handed the teller a letter about opening a new account. They gave him a pamphlet, and he left. A few minutes later, he returned and handed the leaflet back to the teller, but he had scribbled on it, "…
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Hyde Park Man Admits To Robbing Bank With BB Gun: Feds
A Hyde Park man pleaded guilty this week to robbing a bank with a bb gun and now faces up to 25 years behind bars. Paul Whooten, 59, admitted on Thursday, Jan. 12, to robbing a Rockland Truck Bank in 2019, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Investigators said Whooten entered the Hyde Park branch wearing “a long dark coat, black reflective jacket, a black knit hat, black sunglasses, and gloves," carrying what appeared to be a rifle, authorities said. "Give me all of your money," he told the teller, before escaping with more than $13,500 in cash in a bag. He didn…
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Bank Robber Who Tried To Take Hostage Pleads Guilty To Allston Heist: Feds
An Everett man who police said tried to take a hostage following a 2021 bank robbery in Allston admitted to his role in the crime this week, federal authorities said. Jamaine Howell, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence in the February 2021 robbery, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Federal officials said Howell entered the TD Bank branch on Commonwealth Avenue on February 7 with a plastic bag and a mission. He handed the telle…
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Former Teacher Who Robbed 6 Banks In Mass, NH Gets Nearly 5 Years In Prison: Feds
A judge sentenced a Manchester, NH, man who pleaded guilty to robbing banks in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to nearly five years in prison, authorities said. Eric Mohan, 48, was accused of six bank robberies — including one Tewksbury bank twice — during a three-month spree that began in February, the US Attorney for New Hampshire said. He confessed to the crimes in September. Mohan started the spree on February 11 when he robbed the Triangle Credit Union in Manchester, where he handed the teller a note and escaped with $2,000 in cash, the prosecutor said. He followed that up …
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Ex-Con Who Gave Teller Error-Filled Robbery Note Pleads Guilty To Cambridge Heist: Feds
A Boston man with an "extensive criminal history" pleaded guilty this week to robbing a Cambridge bank only months after getting out of a state prison, federal authorities said. Now he faces potentially decades behind bars. Jamall Copeland, 49, copped on Friday, Dec. 2, to robbing the TD Bank branch at 1270 Massachusetts Ave. on April 27, the US Attorney said. FBI agents said Copeland entered the bank just before 2 p.m. and asked in a fake, heavily broken Spanish accent if he could open an account there. As the teller began the process, Copeland reportedly dropped the accen…
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Second Man Busted In Masked Armed Robbery Of Martha's Vineyard Bank: DA
Police made another arrest in connection with a daring morning robbery on Martha's Vineyard where a three-person team of burglars forced their way inside a bank and tied up the staff, authorities said. Omar Johnson, 39, of Canterbury, NH, faces charges of masked armed robbery with a firearm and conspiracy to commit armed robbery with a gun, the Cape and Island District Attorney's Office said in a news release. Police and the FBI arrested Johnson following a traffic stop in New Haven on Friday night, Nov. 25. Posted by Tisbury Police Department on Saturday, November 26, 2022 Investigat…
Police & Fire
Feds Charge Famed Bank Robber With Another Boston Heist
Federal authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 21, they charged a Fall River man who claims to have robbed more than 100 banks with a heist in Boston on Sept. 30. The prolific robber, who says he's the inspiration for a Ben Affleck character, faces at least one other bank robbery charge in Suffolk County court. William Sequeria, 59, faces a bank robbery charge after investigators allege he walked into a TD Bank on Union Street and told the teller to "give me all the $100s in the drawer" and "give me all the money before I blow your brains out," the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Poli…
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Boston Bank Robber Who Threatened To Kill Teller, Customer Pleads Guilty: Feds
A Boston man who pleaded guilty to robbing a TD Bank in Boston last year will find out his sentence in a few months. Coleman Nee, 42, admitted this week to handing a bank teller a note that said he would kill them and a customer if they didn't give him money, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The teller complied but slipped a GPS tracker in with the cash. Nee only got to keep the money for about 20 minutes before police arrested him, the prosecutor said. He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the bank robbery. A judge is scheduled to sent…
Police & Fire
'This Is A Robbery, Honey': DNA Links Boston Man To Harvard Square Bank Heist
A Boston man on parole for two 2017 bank robberies was indicted this week with robbing a Cambridge bank earlier this year, authorities said. Jalonni Shabazz, 40, of Jamaica Plain, was linked to the May 2 robbery of the TD Bank branch at Harvard Square after police found his DNA on a Brooklyn Dodgers hat the robber wore discarded near the scene, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Friday, Oct. 7. Shabazz was previously known as Jalonni Tucker. Police said Shabazz walked into the Massachusetts Avenue bank branch with a surgical mask over his face and handed the teller a note that …
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Man Who Says Ben Affleck Played Him In Movie Busted Robbing Boston Bank: DA
A 59-year-old Rhode Island man who claims to have robbed more than 100 banks and says he was the inspiration for a Ben Affleck movie character was busted this week while trying to add to his heist tally. William Sequeira of Providence was arrested just after 3:30 on Wednesday, Oct. 5, after he tried to rob the Citizens Bank at 426 Boylston Street, Boston police said. Officers tackled him to the ground after he demanded cash from the teller, authorities continued. He is being held on a $50,000 bond, officials said. Police just happened to be in that bank when Sequeira walked in because th…
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New Hampshire Fugitive Wanted For Bank Robbery Snagged In Massachusetts
A man wanted for a bank robbery in New Hampshire who was arrested in Massachusetts will now be charged as a fugitive, authorities said. Garrett Ojala, formerly Caza Manor, was wanted for probation stemming from a bank robbery in New Hampshire, Ayer Police said on Facebook. Investigators determined that Ojala was living at a home in Ayer where he was evenutally arrested without incident on Thursday, Sept. 22, Ayer Police said. He was placed into custody of the US Marshals Service and is expected to face charges as a fugitive, police said.
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Brookline Bank Robber Caught After Officers Recognized Him From Earlier Bust: Police
The tip came from inside the house. When police started looking for a man they said robbed a Brookline bank, they didn't have to go far to find him. The officers remembered him from an arrest a few days earlier. Jerome Turner, a 47-year-old Boston man, is accused of entering the Brookline Bank in Harvard Square earlier this week, Brookline police said. Turner reportedly walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding cash, authorities continued. Shortly after the robbery police put out a security camera image of the suspect and two Brookline officers recognized him i…
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Boston Area Robber Charged For Stealing Over $6,000 From 4-Bank Heist: Feds
A Boston man could be spending even more time behind bars after being charged with several bank robberies in the Boston area, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts reports. Jacob Pimentel, who was indicted on four counts of bank robbery, is already serving time for a related offense in Middlesex County, the office said on Monday, Aug. 29. According to a new indictment, Pimentel allegedly stole more than $6,000 from four banks in Allston, Brighton, Brookline and Cambridge between April and May 2022. He was eventually apprehend in late May, according to a Facebook post from Brookline p…
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26-Year-Old Methuen 'Serial Bank Robber' Pleads Guilty To Tewksbury Heist: Feds
A 26-year-old Methuen man pleaded guilty to robbing a Tewksbury bank before he led police on a high-speed chase that topped out at 100 miles per hour, federal authorities said. Caio Costa faces up to 32 years in prison after he admitted in federal court to robbing the Salem Five Bank at 2171 Main Street on Sept. 25, 2020, the Department of Justice said. FBI agents said Costa walked into the bank wearing a dark motorcycle helmet, pulled a gun, and demanded cash. He stole $7,000 and bolted out the door to his waiting motorcycle, but police were in quick pursuit, agents said.&…
Police & Fire
Quincy Man Fatally Shot Himself During Hours-Long Police Standoff In Andover
A man from Quincy fatally shot himself during a late-night standoff with police in Andover, authorities said. Anthony Miele, age 49, was wanted in connection with multiple bank robberies in southeastern Massachusetts, according to Massachusetts State Police. A Be On The Look Out (BOLO) alert was issued for Miele as a result. A State Trooper then noticed Miele inside a parked vehicle outside the Digital Federal Credit Union on Broadway in Methuen just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, police said. The Trooper began following Miele as he drove away. They then tried to s…
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Boston Man Indicted For Bank Robbery
A Massachusetts man with a lengthy rap sheet is facing more time in prison after being busted for an alleged bank robbery in Cambridge, federal prosecutors announced. Boston resident Jamaal Copeland, age 49, was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection to the robbery of a TD bank branch in the region. Prosecutors said that Copeland was charged with one count of bank robbery and will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date after being charged in a criminal complaint in May. According to court documents, on Wednesday, April 27, Copeland entered the TD Bank branch on Massachus…
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