Crime & Safety

Police Nab 'Bearded Bandit' at Route 6 Motel

The man was living with his girlfriend and a three-year-old child in a Seekonk motel.

 

Police believe they have caught the infamous 'Bearded Bandit,' responsible for a string of bank heists across the region.

Following up on a lead, police apprehended a man staying at a Motel 6 in Seekonk, MA, according to reports from East Bay Newspapers.

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His girlfriend and a three-year-old child were living in the room with him, reads the article. Police believe his beard was a diguise to conceal his identity as they found a fake among his belongings.

Police have refrained from releasing his identity. 

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