Keith Phillips robbed Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston of $2,000 in June 2018.
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Police: Suspect took off on bike after Lisbon Street bank robbery
LEWISTON — Police said a 57-year-old man robbed the Androscoggin Bank branch on Lisbon Street at about noon Wednesday. Keith Anthony Phillips of Lewiston was arrested later Wednesday on a charge of robbery. He was being held Wednesday night on $20,000 cash bail at the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Police said although no weapon […]
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70-year-old Bank robber recounts struggles that led to jail
It wasn’t one thing that drove Donald Sturton to decide one day three months ago to rob a bank. Pressure had been mounting. He couldn’t pay his bills. His Social Security check barely covered the rent for his South Portland apartment. He wasn’t getting enough hours from the cab company that employed him to cover […]
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For 70-year-old bank heist suspect, getting away was never the goal
On Wednesday, March 7, at 3:43 p.m., Donald Sturton walked into the Bank of America branch in South Portland near the Maine Mall, armed with a plastic water gun. The 70-year-old man wore a baseball hat over a winter hat, black pants and a yellow rain jacket. He strode to the counter where a young […]
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Suspect in Arundel bank robbery captured in Saco woods
BIDDEFORD (WGME) — Biddeford police say a suspect has been caught after a bank robbery in Arundel Wednesday afternoon. Infinity Federal Credit Union on Route 111 was robbed just after 1 p.m. Maine State Police and the York County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Biddeford Police Department in the search. Deputies chared 48-year-old Glenn Brackett with […]
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Jay man’s bail lowered in bank robbery case
FARMINGTON — A District Court judge lowered bail Monday from $75,000 to $10,000 cash for a man accused of robbing the Franklin Savings Bank on Friday. Jay police arrested Alan J. Lewis, 39, of Jay on a felony charge of robbery and a misdemeanor charge of operating without a license within 90 minutes of the […]
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Jay man accused of robbing Franklin Savings Bank
JAY — Police say a local man robbed the Franklin Savings Bank on Route 4 on Friday afternoon. Alan Lewis, 39, of Jay was arrested on a felony charge of robbery and a misdemeanor charge of operating without a license, acting police Chief Richard Caton IV said. Lewis was being held on $75,000 cash bail. […]
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66-year-old Augusta man accused of Hallowell bank robbery arrested in N.H.
BANGOR — An Augusta man suspected of robbing a Hallowell bank on June 23 was arrested early Wednesday afternoon in Twin Mountain, New Hampshire, according to federal authorities. John Cecil Slater, 66, was arrested without incident by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Boston Division and Maine State Police at about 1:10 p.m., according to FBI […]
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FBI looking for man, 66, in Hallowell bank robbery
HALLOWELL (AP) — The FBI and Maine law enforcement agencies are looking for a man wanted in connection to a robbery at a Hallowell bank last week. The FBI’s Boston Division said Wednesday that it’s searching for John Slater of Augusta. It says a federal arrest warrant was issued for Slater by the U.S. District […]
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Orono bank robbed by man who fled on foot
ORONO — Police are searching for a man who robbed an Orono, Maine, savings bank of an undisclosed amount of money. WZON-AM reports the man demanded money from the Bangor Savings Bank on Park Street just after 9 a.m. on Friday. He did not display a weapon during the robbery. The man left on foot […]