Exeter Bank Heist Suspects Nabbed

Authorities this week said they arrested two men in connection with a robbery at the People's United Bank in Exeter last month.  

Philip Gage, of Somersworth, allegedly passed a note to a teller and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. He then hopped in a vehicle driven by Marvin Ansteth Jr., also of Somersworth.

Gage has a star tattoo on the left side of his neck that was used to help identify him, authorities said.

The men also participated in several bank robberies across the region, authorities said. As of Wednesday they were all in federal custody.

Below is a news release on the arrests:

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United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced Tuesday that Daniel Barry, 38, of Pembroke, New Hampshire; Marvin Eugene Ansteth Jr., 40, of Somersworth, New Hampshire; and Brianne Mone, a/k/a “Bri,” age 27, of Dover, New Hampshire were arrested in New Hampshire and charged in U.S. District Court in Portland by criminal complaint with bank robbery.  The charges arise from the October 19, 2013 armed bank robbery of Kennebunk Savings in Eliot, Maine and the October 26, 2013 armed bank robbery of the Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union in Sanford, Maine.

According to court records, Barry provided handguns for and participated in the Kennebunk Savings and Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union robberies. Ansteth was the getaway driver for the Kennebunk Savings robbery. Mone was the getaway driver for the Ocean Communities Federal Credit Union robbery.

Investigation revealed that Ansteth was also the getaway driver for the armed bank robberies of Peoples United Bank, in Exeter, New Hampshire, on October 7, 2013 and of Meredith Village Savings Bank, in Alton New Hampshire, on October 10, 2013. Investigation also revealed that Mone was also the getaway driver for the armed bank robbery of Citizens Bank, in Somersworth, New Hampshire, on August 21, 2013.

According to court records, Phillip Gage, who was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery on October 31, 2013, participated in all five armed bank robberies.

The defendants will make their initial appearances in the U.S. District Court in Portland today. 

The defendants face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. 

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Maine State Police, and the Eliot, Kittery, Sanford, Berwick, York, Maine and Exeter, Somersworth, Alton and Pembroke, New Hampshire police departments.

A criminal complaint is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.