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WANTED: Bay Coast Bank Robbery

A bank robbery is the subject of today's "Wanted."

Each week, we'll feature a different outstanding criminal case from around the region. Information is courtesy of MassMostWanted.com. If you have any information regarding the case, contact your local police department. Robbery - Case No. 130022 January 11, 2013 Swansea : Bay Coast Bank 554 Wilbur Ave Case Details: On 01/11/13 at 1338 hrs. the Swansea Branch of the Bay Coast Bank located at 554 Wilbur Ave. was robbed. A male suspect entered the bank and handed the teller a note. The note indicated that the bank was being robbed and demanded money. There was no weapon shown and no one was injured. The suspect then fled the bank across Wilbur Ave and onto Pine St.. The suspect is described as a White male in his early to mid twenties, about …

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U30 Bandit Pleads Guilty

The Norwood man accused of several violent robberies in 2009 will be sentenced in February.

In a hearing before a Massachusetts U.S. District Court judge this morning, Dimitri Long, 33, of Norwood, pleaded guilty on eight counts of Information of Armed Bank Robbery. Long had submitted a plea of not guilty at his court hearing in July, but after his pretrial conference on Nov. 8, Long was scheduled for a change of plea hearing in front of Judge Douglas Woodlock this morning. The change was accepted and Long's sentencing is set for Feb. 28, 2011. During the spring and summer of 2009, Wellesley, Needham, Newton, Dedham and Walpole experienced a number of violent robberies at the hand of a masked person with an automatic-type handgun. Bank employees reported the masked robber speaking to an accomplice on a walkie-talkie. The robber …

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