Monday, October 1, 2012
A look at some of the top recent headlines from just beyond Winchester.
Arlington Police are asking for the public’s help in solving Thursday’s bank robbery at the Citizens Bank in the Heights. The suspect, who is described as a 5-foot-6 white male, entered the bank and proceeded to the teller window, where he jumped onto the counter and demanded cash, according to police. He did not show a weapon, but whether he had one was still under investigation Thursday afternoon. After the suspect received the cash, he fled on foot. While outside the bank, dye packs, which were on timers, exploded, tainting the cash. The suspect left behind several thousand dollars near the bank, police said. After the town recently learned that a Stoneham man had been diagnosed with West Nile Virus, the Board of Health has decided to …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Winchester Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A 28-year-old Medford man was charged with unarmed robbery. According to Winchester Police, Michael J. Grande, 28, of Medford was charged with stealing $500 from Sovereign Bank in Winchester on Feb. 7. According to Lt. Peter MacDonnell, Grande allegedly handed a note to a teller that read "Give me all you cash. Hurry up." The teller complied and he allegedly fled, with the note. Winchester Police were informed that Grande was the suspect based on video surveillance. Grande was serving time in the Cambridge jail for crimes committed in neighboring towns when the Winchester Police charged him for robbing the Sovereign Bank. "Shortly after the bank robbery he was locked up for unrelated crimes," MacDonnell said. According to MacDonnell, …
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Winchester Police Department
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
The Winchester PD are still looking for information about the robbery,
On Tuesday, the Sovereign Bank at 7 Church St. was robbed. According to Lt. Peter MacDonnell of the Winchester Police Department, at 3:28 p.m. Tuesday police were alerted by a teller alarm at Soveriegn Bank. Winchester police responded to the alarm and learned a robbery had taken place. According to MacDonnell, the suspect handed a note to a teller that read "Give me all you cash. Hurry up." The teller complied and the man fled, with the note, in an unknown vehicle in an unknown direction. The suspect left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money, MacDonnell said. Police released images of the suspect taken from video surveillance. The suspect is described as a white male in his early 20s, about five-feet, six-inches tall with a thin …
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Sovereign Bank
7 Church St, Winchester, MA
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Sovereign Bank at 7 Church Street was robbed by means of a passed note this afternoon.
Winchester Police confirmed Tuesday that the Sovereign Bank at 7 Church St. was robbed this afternoon. Lt. Peter MacDonnell of the Winchester Police Department said at 3:28 p.m. Tuesday police were alerted by a teller alarm at Soveriegn Bank. Winchester police responded to the alarm and learned a robbery had taken place. According to MacDonnell, the suspect handed a note to a teller that read "Give me all you cash. Hurry up." The teller complied and the man fled, with the note, in an unknown vehicle in an unknown direction. The suspect left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money, MacDonnell said. The suspect is described as a white male in his early 20s, about five-feet, six-inches tall with a thin build. Suspect was wearing black …
42.452619
-71.138039
Sovereign Bank
7 Church St, Winchester, MA
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317113
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Winchester Police Department
30 Mount Vernon St, Winchester, MA
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Frank White
8:36 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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