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February 11, 2008

Alleged bank robber in court today

A 56-year-old man is scheduled for arraignment today for allegedly being half of a bank robbing duo.

The police say Dennis Evans charged into a Cranston branch of Rhode Island Bank last July with Christopher Thibodeau.

The robbers wielded a handgun and a blunt object, jumped the counter, according to Cranston police, and made off with "a substantial amount of money."

Evans and Thibodeau were arrested when officers from Cranston, Johnston, Coventry and the Rhode Island State Police surrounded a wooded area where the robbers were seen to have fled.

Evans faces several charges; first-degree robbery, conspiracy and larceny of an automobile over $500 in U.S. District Court, Providence.

Thibodeau faces felony charges of first-degree robbery, conspiracy and driving a vehicle without consent of the owner.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 9:53 AM | Permalink

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