'The Town': Is Charlestown really America's 'bank robbery …
Sep 17, 2010 · Boston police say they can't verify that: They don't track bank robberies nationwide, and they don’t break out bank-robbery statistics from all robbery numbers for the …
Prosecutors win sweeping victory in Charlestown bank robbery …
Dec 23, 1997 · But the testimony of their neighbors helped convict five members of a Charlestown-based bank robbery gang yesterday, and the lead prosecutor said the town's …
The Town (2010 film) - Wikipedia
Four lifelong friends from Charlestown, Boston, Douglas "Doug" MacRay, James "Jem" Coughlin, Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan, and Desmond "Dez" Elden, rob a bank wearing masks. Against …
‘I have a lot of regret,’ Charlestown bank robber says of 1990s ...
Jun 2, 2023 · Anthony Shea’s life sentence slashed to 35 years. CONCORD, N.H. — On a summer day in 1994, 32-year-old Anthony Shea was part of a gang of Charlestown bank …
18 Years Later, Informant May Get Away With Murder
May 17, 1998 · BOSTON — Federal prosecutors thought they had a pretty good handle on John Burke when they talked the tough guy from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown into …
Infamous bank robber William Sequeira arrested in attempted …
Oct 6, 2022 · BOSTON - An infamous criminal, who claims he's robbed more than 100 banks, was arrested in an attempted heist in the Back Bay. The Boston Police Department's Bank …
The Oral History of ‘The Town’ - The Ringer
Sep 16, 2020 · In 1995, TheBoston Globe reported that the neighborhood was “a community to which more armored car robbers are traced than any other in the country, according to FBI …
Is The Town Based on a True Story? - The Cinemaholic
Jun 30, 2020 · Its prologue says that “One blue-collar Boston neighborhood [Charlestown] has produced more bank robbers and armored car thieves than anywhere else in the world. ” So …
Charlestown's Most Prolific Bank Robbers - YouTube
Feb 5, 2024 · Learn more about Anthony Shea, one of the most prolific bank and armored truck robbers, and his "no name" gang out of Massachusetts, in this clip from Season...
5 Charged in Series Of Bank Robberies - The New York Times
Jun 4, 1996 · Five men, all from the Charlestown section of Boston, have been indicted by a Federal grand jury here on charges of engaging in 11 bank and armored-truck robberies …