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April 24, 2008

FBI SWAT team arrests man in Mass. for R.I. robberies

This morning, an FBI SWAT team arrested a man in Mendon, Mass., who is wanted for robberies at a Lincoln bank and several Rhode Island pharmacies.

Prosecutors say in June last year, David R. Cahill, 31, wore a floppy brimmed hat, sunglasses and one latex glove into a Bank of America branch on George Washington Highway in Lincoln.

Prosecutors say Cahill told the teller he had a gun and left with $2,361.

That month, prosecutors say, he also broke into a Brooks Pharmacy on Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence, showed a gun, and took about seven bottles of Oxycodone pills.

Cahill is charged with several similar crimes, including a robbery at the CVS drug store on Reservoir Ave. in Cranston, where he was able to escape police during a high-speed chase through the streets of Cranston, according to prosecutors.

He now faces felony charges of bank robbery and robbery affecting interstate commerce. Cahill. appearing this afternoon in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge David L. Martin, was ordered held pending a hearing slated for Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 2:43 PM | Permalink

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