The Sovereign Bank branch at 474 W. Broadway was held up at lunchtime today by a man described as white, tall, thin and in his 60s, wearing a white cap, a dark blue shirt and light-colored khakis or sweatpants.
That branch was last held up on Aug. 3, by a man much further away from retirement age.
The Bank Robbery Task Force reports this guy walked into the Sovereign Bank branch at 43 Kneeland St.
Police are swarming the area around the Sovereign Bank branch at 38 Leo Birmingham Parkway, looking for the man who held the branch up around 9:20 a.m.
He's described as black, medium height, with a gap between his front teeth. He was wearing a blue Sox cap, a bright red hoodie and black pants. He displayed a black handgun.
Boston Police are looking for a white guy in a gray van for a holdup this morning at the Sovereign Bank branch at 437 Rutherford Ave.
Brian D'Amico reports the Sovereign Bank branch at 780 Gallivan Blvd. in Dorchester was held up shortly before 1 p.m. by "a clean, good looking white female," who is blonde, about 5'6".
Boston Police are looking for a short white guy with red hair, initially described as looking like "a leprechaun," who held up the Sovereign Bank branch at 125 Summer St. around 4:15 p.m. He was last seen running toward the front entrance of South Station in a white T-shirt and black cap - where he may have boarded a commuter-rail train to either Stoughton or Framingham. At least one train was stopped at Back Bay while officers searched for him, without success.
At 125 Summer St. shortly before 5 p.m. by a short white guy who ran toward Washington Street.
The branch was last held up in July.
Boston Police are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery around 1:15 p.m. at the Sovereign Bank branch at 585 Columbia Rd.
The suspect is described as a black man, 5'5" to 5'7", weighing 200 to 220 lbs., with a beard and sunglasses. He left the bank in gray sweatpants, but took those off and was last spotted running in bluejeans.
The branch was also held up last October.
Boston Police tweet the Sovereign Bank branch at 474 W. Broadway was held up this afternoon by a 20-year-old white man, slim, 5'4" and wearing a Green Bay hat.
The bank was also held up in June. The Eastern Bank branch at 470 W. Broadway has been held up so often tellers are beginning to get a bit tired of it all.
The Globe reports Sovereign Bank is moving its headquarters to Boston from Pennsylvania.
Boston Police tweet the Sovereign Bank branch at 125 Summer St. was held up by a white guy, 5'7" - 5'8", 160 to 170 lbs., in a blue shirt and white hat, who fled on foot.
The branch was also robbed in April, 2010.
UPDATE: Arrest made.
Boston Police tweet the Sovereign Bank branch at 437 Rutherford Ave., was held up this afternoon.
The branch was also held up in March, 2010.
A roving Universal Hub reporter checks in this afternoon:
I was just in my Sovereign Bank bank branch on Tremont Street and a black male came in, asked for all their money, flashed his gun, and then freaked out when a woman freaked out and fled.
Boston Police and the FBI bank robbery task force are on the scene.
The FBI is looking for this guy for the holdup of the Sovereign Bank branch at 278 Hanover St. around 3:45 p.m. on June 15.
District C-6 reports the Sovereign Bank branch at 474 W. Broadway was held up around 4:30 p.m. yesterday by a white male, 22, 6'2" with a thin build, blond hair and blue eyes:
Witness observed suspect fleeing on Bolton St with smoke from the dye pack coming from his front pocket.
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