Police in Roxbury, Massachusetts arrested over the weekend a …
Dennis Tasker, suspected in a bank robbery at a Sovereign Bank on Thayer Street in Providence. (Photo provided by Providence Police)
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Cops nab bank robbery suspect
Accused of crimes in Providence, Newport
Updated: Monday, 13 Jul 2009, 4:32 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 13 Jul 2009, 4:31 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Police in Roxbury, Massachusetts arrested over the weekend a man wanted in connection with two bank robberies in Rhode Island.
Dennis Tasker is accused of robbing a Sovereign Bank on Thayer Street in Providence and another Sovereign Bank on Thames St. in Newport last week.
In both crimes, the suspect's picture was caught on surveillance cameras.
According to police, Tasker was recently released from the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston and has a long history of arrests. In fact, police in Roxbury made the arrest while investigating Tasker for a separate crime.
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