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.
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.
Nearly one month after the Rockland Trust robbery, police have arrested three suspects. It's possible none of them would be in custody without the timely passing of a VTA bus on the morning of Nov. 17.
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.
The following timeline of events of the Rockland Trust bank robbery on Thursday, Nov. 17 was pieced together from federal and state affidavits filed in court.
Two men who state prosecutors charged with robbing Rockland Trust will now face federal charges after the U.S. attorney’s office said they stole about $39,000 in cash.
