BOSTON – A brazen bank robbery in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, shook the quiet community in September 2020. Now, a local man stands accused of the crime.
Nicholas O’Neil, 37, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on one count of bank robbery. The indictment stems from a Sept. 22, 2020, incident at a Santander Bank branch in Tewksbury.
According to court documents, O’Neil entered the bank, handed a teller a demand note and a red cloth bag, and made off with the loot. A bank customer witnessed the entire ordeal and alerted police after O’Neil fled the scene in a white pickup truck.
Police quickly issued an alert for the vehicle and tracked it down in heavy traffic. Officers arrested O’Neil and his passenger, later identified as the defendant, and recovered the stolen cash and demand note from the vehicle.
O’Neil is facing a serious charge, with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are determined by a federal district court judge based on the Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit. The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, and the Tewksbury Police Department.
O’Neil is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. His current status is pending trial.
Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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