Crime & Safety

Andover Home Invasion Suspect Arrested

An hours-long SWAT standoff ended with Stephen Gingras' arrest.

A Boston SWAT team captured Andover home invasion suspect Stephen Gingras, 39, early Wednesday morning after a tip led Salem (N.H.) Police to believed he was holed up in a house in South Boston.

"That's basically what happened," said Salem police Capt. Joel Dolan.

Gingras was also wanted for a Salem, N.H. bank robbery and a Bedford, MA bank robbery in a Stop & Shop.

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Gingras, allegedly armed with an assault rifle, was arrested following a long standoff with SWAT.

He will not be coming back to the Granite State to face the bank robbery charge any time soon, Dolan said. He is the same man police believe robbed a Citizens bank inside a Stop & Shop in Bedford on Monday night and committed an armed home invasion in Andover, earlier.

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