Man Admits To Robbing 5 Banks, Leading Police On Chase: Patch PM

FOXBOROUGH, MA — Today is Wednesday, Oct. 14. Here's what Patch has been covering south of Boston today.

A Rhode Island man admitted to robbing five banks with a Weymouth man and leading police on a high-speed chase from Foxborough to Attleboro, federal prosecutors said. Dong Lee, 50, of Providence, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Boston to five counts of bank robbery.

According to federal prosecutors, Lee and his accomplice, Charles Lamont Wheeler, 46, of Weymouth, robbed banks in Andover, Boston, Braintree, Avon and Brockton over a one-week span in September 2018.

Prosecutors said both Lee and Wheeler were arrested Sept. 14, 2018 after leading Massachusetts State Police on a high speed chase from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough to Interstate 95 in North Attleboro. Officers were able to catch the suspects after Wheeler crashed near the Toner Boulevard exit.

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