WORCESTER – A Lancaster man authorities allege stole nearly $30,000 from eight banks over three months last winter pleaded guilty to three of the holdups in federal court Friday.
Matthew Alden Jr., 26, of 89 Narrow Lane, pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery in U.S. District Court in Worcester.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lucy Sun said Friday that Alden was found with a notebook that contained the locations and closing times of local banks at the time of his arrest.
She said authorities also found pictures of a wad of cash in a gloved black hand on Alden’s phone, as well as money stained with red dye inside his home.
Monday, December 14, 2020
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A Providence man currently serving a term of federal supervised release, having completed a 20-year federal prison sentence for trafficking cocaine, has been ordered detained in federal custody following his arrest for allegedly trafficking multiple kilograms of cocaine.
Jesus Martinez, 38, was arrested by U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) agents following an investigation into the alleged shipment into Rhode Island of multiple packages sent through the Postal Service containing significant quantities of cocaine, and multiple shipments to Puerto Rico via the U.S Postal Service of large sums of cash.
According to court documents, in October, a parcel containing $46,500 shipped to Puerto Rico by Martinez was seized by USPIS agents. Subsequently, it is alleged, parcels found to contain varying amounts of cocaine were shipped from Puerto Rico to various Rhode Island addresses associated with Martinez. Two parcel seizures revealed a
Friday, December 11, 2020
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A Providence man who federal agents watched allegedly take possession of a package sent via the U.S. Postal Service that contained nearly 1,400 grams of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico, and, a short time later, who was found to allegedly have a firearm, ammunition, and drug trafficking paraphernalia in his residence has been ordered detained in federal custody.
Modesto Batista, 30, was arrested Wednesday, shortly after a U.S. Postal Inspection agent made a controlled delivery of the package to the front porch of a Providence residence that, according to court documents, Batista, who had been sitting in a vehicle parked nearby, quickly removed and transported to his Providence residence.
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