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Boston bank robbery

By adamg - 3/13/23 - 10:04 am
Surveillance photos of would-be Newmarket Square bank robber

Boston Police report arresting a Cape Cod man whose attempt to rob bank branch inside the South Bay Stop & Shop, 1100 Massachusetts Ave., failed when a teller refused to give him any money. Read more.

By adamg - 3/8/23 - 12:57 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Watertown man they say robbed the Santander Bank branch at 535 Columbia Rd. in Dorchester around 1:15 p.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/20/23 - 4:48 pm

A man with a criminal record dating to 1990 was ordered held in lieu of $10,000 bail at his arraignment on a charge that he robbed the TD Bank branch at 250 Cambridge St. on Beacon Hill on Tuesday afternoon, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 1/13/23 - 9:27 am

Boston Police report arresting an Uxbridge man on charges he held up the Santander Bank branch at 61 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday. Read more.

By adamg - 12/20/22 - 2:55 pm

Update: Photos of suspect released.

The Citizens Bank branch in the Hancock Village mall on VFW Parkway at Independence Drive was robbed around 11:20 a.m., by a man dressed in all black and wearing a black ski mask, about 5'8", who passed a demand note, got some money, then ran across VFW Parkway towards Manthorne Road.

Officers investigating the bank robbery wound up arresting another man they happened to find in the parking lot who was wanted on a warrant unrelated to the robbery.

By adamg - 10/19/22 - 12:58 pm

Boston Police report officers responding to a robbery at the Bank of America branch at 6 Tremont St. yesterday afternoon found the doors locked. So they waited until Gary Trecartin, 55, walked out and promptly arrested him for the robbery. Read more.

By adamg - 10/6/22 - 4:28 pm
Sequeira

Sequeira in M&T Bank survellance photo.

A man first charged with robbing banks in the 1980s was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail today on charges he robbed three banks in the Back Bay over the past couple of weeks, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 10/4/22 - 12:52 pm
Mr. Moneybags holding up fresh cash at Back Bay bank

Surveillance photo via FBI.

The FBI has released photos of the money grabber they say held up the M&T Bank branch at 425 Boylston St. around 3:55 p.m. on Sept. 28.

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

By adamg - 9/20/22 - 3:37 pm

Boston Police responded around 2:30 p.m. to the Santander Bank branch at 279 Massachusetts Avenue, after a man tried holding the place up.

He was described as white, about 6'2" and skinny and wearing a blue surgical mask, a camo Sox cap and a black Celtics T-shirt and carrying a white plastic bag.

By adamg - 7/25/22 - 10:19 am
Wanted for bank robbery

Constellation of moles and a partial tattoo in surveillance photos.

The FBI has released photos of a guy they say held up the Bank of America branch at 6 Tremont St. around 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 2/1/22 - 2:23 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Hyde Park man on charges he held up the Santander Bank branch on the Huntington Avenue side of the Prudential Center around 12:15 p.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/31/22 - 10:15 am
Bank robbery suspect

The FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force is looking for the guy they say held up the Santander Bank branch at 780 Gallivan Blvd around 2:45 p.m. on Jan. 24. Read more.

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.

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