The jury trial for Romane Clayton and Miquel Jones, two men who were arrested for allegedly robbing the Rockland Trust Bank, is now scheduled for Oct. 7, nearly a year after the initial trial date.
Petar Petyoshin, who was arrested in May for stealing more than $21,000 from the Davis Straits Rockland Trust, was also given five years of supervised release by U.S. District Court judge Angel Kelly at his sentencing Monday.
Petar Petyoshin, who was arrested in May for stealing $21,000 from the Davis Straits bank while brandishing a gun and claiming he had a bomb, entered the guilty plea in federal court Thursday.
Petar Petyoshin, who was arrested in May for allegedly stealing more than $21,000 from the Davis Straits Rockland Trust, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this summer.
Tevin Porter signed a plea agreement with prosecutors saying he will plead guilty to charges of armed bank robbery and conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery.
Tevin Porter, 27, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting.
After being indicted by a federal grand jury last week, three men pleaded not guilty Friday to charges connected to the armed robbery of the Tisbury Rockland Trust Bank in November.
Three men who had been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of the Rockland Trust in November were indicted by a federal grand jury this week.
The United States Department of Justice has charged a third man as an accessory after the fact in connection with last month’s armed robbery of the Rockland Trust bank branch in Vineyard Haven.
