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« Economy top of mind for Mass. voters / Photo | Today | Conn. primary: Clinton seeks to fight of Obama surge » February 5, 20082 Cranston men charged in Bank RI robbery last JunePROVIDENCE -- Two Cranston men, accused of donning masks and robbing more than $37,000 from a Bank Rhode Island branch in Cranston, now face federal charges. The police said they caught up with one of them beneath a tree, lying over a garbage bag full of cash. Christopher M. Thibodeau, 40, and Dennis R. Evans, 58, are named in informations filed Jan. 31 and today, respectively, U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente and other law enforcement officials announced today. The informations charge Thibodeau and Evans with conspiracy to commit bank robbery and armed bank robbery. Also filed was an agreement signed by the defendants to plead guilty to the charges, though they remain presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty, or until they formally enter guilty pleas called for in the agreements. Convictions carry maximums of five years in prison for conspiracy and 25 years for armed bank robbery. Each offense also has a maximum fine of $250,000. The police said they arrested the men in woods near Route 295 last year after an officer responding to the robbery spotted two men wearing masks running across the highway. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney An affidavit says two men wearing masks entered the branch on Plainfield Pike on the morning of June 29, one holding a gun. One jumped over the teller’s counter, took money from the drawers and stuffed it into a dark plastic garbage bag. One man then ordered tellers to open the ATM, from which the robbers took cash. The men fled the bank in a stolen car, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, and a customer at the bank’s drive-up window who witnessed the robbery followed the get-away car to a nearby industrial area, where two men left the vehicle and ran across the highway. Several police departments' officers searched woods and found Evans lying beneath a tree and over a garbage bag full of money. Police arrested Thibodeau walking through the woods, several hundred yards away from Evans. A BankRI tally put the stolen money at about $37,553, and the police recovered all but $75. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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