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TWO MEN INDICTED ON THREE ARMED BANK ROBBERY CHARGES
BOSTON, MA - Two men were indicted today on charges that they committed three armed bank robberies in May and June of this year.
Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division; Chief Anthony Holloway of the Somerville Police Department; Chief Steven A. Mazzie of the Everett Police Department; Chief Kenneth A. Coye of the Malden Police Department; and Police Commissioner Edward Davis of the Boston Police Department, announced today that JAMES RIGANO, age 43, of Malden, Massachusetts, and TERRY DUNNELLS, age 30, of Cambridge, New York, have been charged in an Indictment with three armed bank robberies. Specifically, RIGANO and DUNNELLS are charged with the armed robberies of the Eagle Bank located at 466 Broadway, Everett, Massachusetts on May 30, 2009; the Brookline Bank located at 196 Commercial Street, Malden, Massachusetts on June 27, 2009; and the East Cambridge Savings Bank located at 285 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts on June 30, 2009.
For each of these charges, RIGANO and DUNNELLS face up to 25 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, restitution, and five years of supervised release.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Somerville Police Department, the Everett Police Department, the Malden Police Department, and the Boston Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Richardson of Loucks’ Major Crimes Unit.
The details contained in the Indictment are allegations. The defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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