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June 29, 2007

Update: Abandoned car leads to robbery arrests

Journal photo / Bill Murphy
Pictured are, from left, Sgt. P.J. Bessette, holding an evidence bag, Officer Brian D'Amico, Officer Jeff Duclos, and Det. John Cardone, all of the Cranston Police Department.

CRANSTON -- Using search dogs, police arrested two men hiding in the woods east of Route 295 this morning after allegedly robbing a branch of Bank Rhode Island at 2104 Plainfield Pike.

Two people entered the squat, small building just after 9:42 a.m. brandishing a handgun and demanding money, according to police. The robbers fled shortly thereafter in a gray, older model vehicle with an undisclosed amount of currency.

Officers received a tip that the getaway car was abandoned at a nearby construction site on Amflex Drive next to Route 295. A Cranston police officer saw two people matching the description of the robbers crossing the highway and entering the woods.

Officers from Cranston, Johnston, Coventry and the State Police set up a perimeter and called in search dogs from surrounding departments.

Police are still working to identify the suspects.

-- Journal staff writer David Scharfenberg

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