An Assonet man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with an unarmed robbery at the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank on Palmer avenue in Falmouth.
An Assonet man was arrested Monday afternoon in connection with an unarmed robbery at the Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank on Palmer avenue in Falmouth.
A high-octane mainland manhunt for two suspects who were allegedly involved in a wild crime spree in Braintree last week led police to the tiny town of Aquinnah on Saturday night, where one of the suspects was found holed up in a private home.
William Brymer, 31, of Quincy, was arrested without incident by a large contingent of local police late Saturday, following a tip that eventually led them to a private home on Lobsterville Road in the remote western reaches of the Vineyard.
A $3, 380 bank robbery in Edgartown Tuesday morning led to a high-speed chase and a bizarre showdown in the woods near county airport runways between police with guns drawn and a man firing arrows from a high-powered bow.
The man, later identified as 35-year-old William E. Sweeney of Tisbury, was quickly arrested after tense moments during which police say they almost opened fire.