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Boston bank robbery

By adamg - 12/30/21 - 11:41 pm

Boston Police report arresting men from Attleboro and Dorchester and a kid from Mattapan on charges they held up the Santander Bank branch at 860 River St., near the Mattapan line, shortly before 4:30 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 10/28/21 - 11:59 am
Wanted for Andrew Square bank robbery

The FBI has posted photos of the guy they say held up the East Boston Savings Bank branch at 501 Southampton St. in South Boston's Andrew Square around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

If he looks familiar, contact Investigator Zach Brune at 857-386-2000. And mention the Mass Most Wanted TIP Program - there might be a reward in it for you.

By adamg - 9/17/21 - 9:49 am
Century Bank after robbery

In North End, life goes on as police, news crews set up. Photo by Adam Castiglioni.

The Century Bank branch at 275 Hanover St. and the Citizens Bank branch at 315 Hanover St. were both held up shortly after 9 a.m.

By adamg - 4/27/21 - 11:36 am
Wanted for bank robbery

The FBI has released photos of a 40-something white man wanted for holding up the Eastern Bank branch at the corner of Dartmouth and Stuart streets in the Back Bay around 2:20 p.m. on April 9. Read more.

By adamg - 4/27/21 - 10:13 am

Boston Police report arresting Coleman Nee, 40, of South Boston on charges he held up the TD Bank branch at 1 Union St., across from Faneuil Hall, shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 3/12/21 - 6:31 pm

An Everett man on probation on armed-robbery charges faces new federal charges for a February bank robbery in Allston in which he allegedly used his "big-ass gun" to rob the bank of $5,903.50, steal one customer's car and threaten to shoot another customer's "white ass" if he didn't get in the car with him - which the customer did, but from which he managed to escape after about a block. Read more.

By adamg - 2/23/21 - 9:01 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Jamaica Plain man they say scoped out three banks along Centre Street yesterday before finally deciding to rob the Citizens Bank branch at 696 Centre St., next to the 7-Eleven. Read more.

By adamg - 1/26/21 - 12:24 pm
Wanted for holding up a Chase branch in the Fenway

Surveillance photos from first robbery, via FBI.

A man who held up the Chase Bank branch at 280 Huntington Ave. on Dec. 30 struck again around 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, but this time he ditched his outer clothing and then hopped in a car for a ride over to the McDonald's on Massachusetts Avenue in Newmarket Square, the FBI reports. Read more.

By adamg - 1/6/21 - 10:20 am
Wanted Fenway bank robber

A man who heeded advice to mask up is now sought for a holdup at the Chase Bank branch, 280 Huntington Ave., around 4:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 12/1/20 - 10:16 am
Surveillance photos of bank robber

The FBI's Violent Crime Task Force has released photos of a man it says robbed the Leader Bank branch at 25 Northern Ave. around 9:40 a.m. on Nov. 21. Read more.

By adamg - 11/16/20 - 4:02 pm

A federal grand jury recently indicted Dennis Taylor on charges he robbed a Santander Bank branch at Massachusetts and Westland avenues in April even as he was on federal probation following his release from a sentence for robbing another bank, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.

By adamg - 11/14/20 - 1:25 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he robbed a Santander Bank branch in the Back Bay yesterday, close to four months after he got a compassionate early release for bank robberies in Brookline and West Bridgewater. Read more.

By adamg - 10/29/20 - 10:37 am
Downtown bank robbery suspect

Hey, pull that mask up!

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force has released photos of a man they say walked into the Peoples United Bank branch at 50 State St. and held it up, around 4 p.m. on Oct. 2.

By adamg - 8/20/20 - 10:22 am
Man wanted for bank robbery: Hefty

The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force reports it is looking for a man it says held up the Rockland Trust branch, 229 North Harvard St. at Franklin Street, on Tuesday morning. Read more.

By adamg - 8/20/20 - 10:09 am
Wanted for bank robbery: Man wearing Got Old shirt

State Police report they are looking for a man who held up the Needham Bank branch at 1457 Tremont St., near the Roxbury Crossing T stop, around 12:15 p.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/20 - 2:26 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Roxbury woman on charges she held up the Eastern Bank branch at 1413 Tremont St. shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 3/19/20 - 1:00 pm

The Santander Bank at 860 River St. was robbed by a black man wearing a blue surgical mask, a green hoodie, dark sweatpants and black and white sneakers around 12:45 p.m. He ran towards Mattapan Square with a white sack full of cash.

Earlier:
Even burglars taking coronavirus precautions.

By adamg - 12/22/19 - 9:10 pm

Boston Police report that while Paul Whooten, 56, of Hyde Park, made it out of the Rockand Trust branch on Truman Parkway with money in a bag yesterday afternoon, neither he nor his alleged accomplice got far: Whooten was nabbed about a block away, near Cranmore Road, after he ran from the bank, while Richard Berger, 55, who drove away, was collared in Milton after getting caught in some traffic. Read more.

By adamg - 8/21/19 - 10:19 am
Copley Square bank-robbery suspect

The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force has released photos of the guy it says held up the TD Bank branch at 535 Boylston St. around 12:50 p.m. on Sunday.

If he looks familiar, contact the task force at 857-386-2000.

By adamg - 8/8/19 - 12:02 pm

A man robbed the Citizens Bank branch at 28 State St., near the Old State House, around 11:45 a.m. He ran across Congress Street and dropped some of the money in front of 60 State St. before heading down towards the water. Read more.

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