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Boston bank robbery

By adamg - 3/29/18 - 4:21 pm

Mass Incident Paging reports the Cooperative Bank, 40 Belgrade Ave., was held up around 2:20 p.m. - and that a suspect was nabbed not long after a few blocks away on Roslindale Avenue at Haslet Street.

The bank had also been robbed on Feb. 21, by somebody who managed to run away.

By adamg - 3/23/18 - 10:03 am

Updated with additional info from BPD.

The TD Bank branch at 391 Market St. in Brighton was held up shortly before 9:50 a.m. by a man who got into an SUV and drove away. A couple minutes later, police stopped the suspect at Washington and Cambridge streets and recovered the money. Read more.

By adamg - 3/21/18 - 10:40 am
South Boston bank robber

A woman who demanded exactly $5,300 robbed the East Boston Savings Bank branch at 430 West Broadway Monday afternoon after telling the teller that both she and her son had cancer and that she would blow up the bank with the device she was holding if she did not get the money, the FBI Bank Robbery Task Force reports. Read more.

By adamg - 2/21/18 - 11:56 am
Roslindale bank robbery suspect

The Cooperative Bank, 40 Belgrade Ave., was held up shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday.

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force reports the suspect handed a teller a demand note, got money, ran away. If he looks familiar, contact Trooper Mike Hughes at 857-386-2580.

By adamg - 2/11/18 - 3:25 pm
Wanted for North End bank robbery

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force reports this guy is wanted for holding up the Century Bank branch at 275 Hanover St. in the North End, around 3:35 p.m. on Feb. 6.

If he looks familiar, contact the task force at 857-386-2422.

By adamg - 2/10/18 - 9:08 pm
School Street bank robber

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force has posted photos of the guy it says held up the Randolph Savings Bank branch at 19 School St. downtown shortly after noon yesterday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/22/18 - 9:17 pm
Wanted for robbery

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force has released photos of a man it says held up the Citizens Bank branch at 77 Franklin St. last Wednesday morning.

If he looks familiar, contact the task force at 857-386-2384.

By adamg - 12/12/17 - 12:10 pm
Man wanted for Dorchester bank robberies

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force reports it's looking for a man it says held up the Metro Credit Union branch at 1071 Massachusetts Ave. around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Read more.

By adamg - 12/9/17 - 10:38 am
Bank robbery suspect

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force is looking for the guy they say robbed the East Boston Savings Bank branch at 181 Brighton Ave. in Allston around noon on Tuesday.

Read more.

By adamg - 10/6/17 - 12:52 pm

Police are investigating an attempted holdup at the Citizens Bank branch at 673 VFW Parkway (the strip mall where Gary's is) around 12:40 p.m. The suspect, described as a black man, about 5'6" and in his 30s and wearing black clothes, a black hat and sunglasses, fled without any money onto Independence Drive.

By adamg - 9/29/17 - 8:02 pm
Webster Bank suspect

A man who'd taken to robbing a different Boston-area bank once a month was arrested today, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 9/25/17 - 4:08 pm
Wanted for bank robbery

The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force reports that the suspect in the holdup of the Citizens Bank branch at 26 Central Sq. in East Boston on Sept. 14 is also wanted for a bank holdup in Revere the day before. In the Revere case, he fled by pedaling away on a dirt bike.

If he looks familiar, contact the task force at 617-680-4525.

By adamg - 9/22/17 - 12:41 pm

Thomas Nee, 46, yesterday pleaded guilty to robbing five Boston banks - three of which he fled from with $380 or less, the US Attorney's office reports.

Nee faces sentencing on Jan. 9 for the heists earlier this year, during which he'd give a teller a demand note. Read more.

By adamg - 9/14/17 - 9:31 am

The Citizens Bank branch at 26 Central Sq. was held up around 9:10 a.m. by a white or Hispanic man, about 5'4" with a light beard, wearing a hoodie with gray, black and red stripes. He showed a note, then fled with cash in an unknown direction.

By adamg - 8/23/17 - 9:41 am
Happy bank robber in Boston

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force reports this happy man held up the Bank of America branch at 333 Longwood Ave. in the Longwood Medical Area, around 1:40 p.m. on July 31. Read more.

By adamg - 8/22/17 - 11:10 pm
Wanted man

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force has released photos of a man it says robbed the Webster Bank branch at 100 Franklin St., around 4:45 p.m. on Aug. 9. Read more.

By adamg - 6/15/17 - 5:50 pm

Thomas W. Nee, 46, was arrested this week on charges he held up a bank on School Street downtown in May - and may be responsible for additional bank robberies in the area, federal officials allege. Read more.

By adamg - 6/9/17 - 12:50 pm

The Santander Bank branch at 6 Francis St. was held up around 11 a.m. by a guy with a note.

The branch was also held up last September.

By adamg - 6/9/17 - 12:36 pm
Wanted for bank robbery in downtown Boston

The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force has released photos of a guy it says held up an Eastern Bank branch at 63 Franklin St. around 8:20 a.m. on May 19.

Read more.

By adamg - 3/17/17 - 10:28 am
Nathan

Kyle Nathan, 28, yesterday pleaded guilty to robbing four eastern-Massachusetts banks last year, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports.

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