Current and past East Providence Police Department officers have and will be honored for their efforts on the job
EAST PROVIDENCE — Current and past East Providence Police Department officers have and will be honored for their efforts on the job.EPPD Detective Sergeant Diogo Mello was recently recognized for his role in bringing the so-called “Bearded Bandit” into custody last fall at the American Legion’s annual Law Enforcement Awards banquet held in city at [...]
Read More →‘Bearded Bandit’ pleads guilty to nine counts of bank robbery
PROVIDENCE — Justin L. Worley, aka the “Bearded Bandit,” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence Thursday, March 7, to nine counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced in a statement. Appearing before U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith, Mr. Worley, 34, admitted to the court that he robbed [...]
Read More →‘Bearded Bandit’ to plead guilty
A man alleged to have robbed banks in East Providence, Barrington, Seekonk and other local communities has agreed to plead guilty to nine counts of robbery, according to United States Attorney Peter Neronha. According to court documents, 34-year-old Justin Worley will admit that on nine separate occasions – eight in Rhode Island and one in [...]
Read More →‘Bearded bandit’ facing federal grand jury indictment
PROVIDENCE — The man who allegedly robbed two Barrington banks while wearing a fake beard earlier this year is facing a federal grand jury indictment. On Wednesday, a grand jury returned an eight-count indictment charging Justin L. Worley, 33, with eight counts of bank robbery. Officials charged Mr. Worley, who previously lived in East Providence, with [...]
Read More →East Providence Police say ‘Bearded Bandit’ stole thousands
EAST PROVIDENCE — A few more details emerged about alleged “Bearded Bandit” bank robber Justin Worley, though law enforcement officials pretty much kept their cards close to the vest during an afternoon press conference Thursday, Sept. 20, at East Providence Police Department headquarters. Mr. Worley, 33, was arraigned on several charges earlier Thursday in Taunton [...]
Read More →‘Bearded Bandit’ suspect identified, arraigned and bail set
SEEKONK — Justin L. Worley is the name of the suspected “Bearded Bandit,” Seekonk Police announced in a press release Thursday morning, Sept. 20, at approximately 9:08 a.m. On Wednesday, Sept. 19, the Seekonk Police arrested Mr. Worley, 33, at the Motel 6 on Fall River Avenue in Seekonk. He had been residing at the [...]
Read More →‘Bearded Bandit’ suspect due in court
SEEKONK — The man police believe could be the “Bearded Bandit” is scheduled to be arraigned in Taunton District Court sometime Thursday, Sept. 20. He was arrested Wednesday at the Motel 6 on Route 6A. The case is being conducted under the jurisdiction and oversight of the Seekonk Police Department. No specific time of the [...]
Read More →Police bag ‘Bearded Bandit’ bank-robbing suspect
SEEKONK — Federal, state and local law enforcement officials, including those from the East Providence Police Department, believe they have captured the notorious “Bearded Bandit” bank-robbing suspect, having done so Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 19, at the Motel 6 just across the Rhode Island line in neighboring Seekonk. The suspect, whose name was not released by [...]
Read More →East Providence Police nab female suspect in Columbus heist
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Police Department detectives Wednesday arrested a suspect in the Columbus Credit Union robbery, one of two heists to occur in the city on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Jennefer Gomes, 27, of 137 Oak Crest Drive, Riverside, is believed to be the female suspect who entered the Columbus Credit Union at just [...]
Read More →East Providence Police probe two robberies, including another by ‘Bearded Bandit’
(Updated, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 18) EAST PROVIDENCE — On his way to becoming infamous or notorious or both, the so-called “Bearded Bandit” struck again as East Providence Police Department detectives investigated not one, but two bank robberies Tuesday, Sept. 18. According to Lieutenant Raymond Blinn, the EPPD Officer on Duty Tuesday evening, the “Bearded Bandit” [...]
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