BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court
in Boston for robbing a branch of the RTN Federal Credit Union in Brookline and
a branch of the Mansfield Bank in West Bridgewater in November 2016.
Stephen D. Williams, 56, was sentenced by U.S. Senior
District Court Judge Mark. L. Wolf to five years in prison, three years of
supervised release, and ordered to pay $2287 in restitution. In December 2017,
Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery.
On Nov. 15, 2016, two individuals, one later identified as
Williams, and the other later identified as Joseph Morris, entered a branch of
the RTN Federal Credit Union in Brookline. Williams approached a teller and
demanded cash. The teller handed Williams cash from her drawer and Williams and
Morris exited the bank and fled the area in a dark-colored Volkswagen.
On Nov. 22, 2016, an individual, later identified as
Williams, entered a branch of the Mansfield Bank in West Bridgewater. Williams
gestured that he had a firearm and demanded the tellers give him the bank’s
money. The teller handed Williams cash, and Williams fled the area again in a
dark-colored Volkswagen. Bank surveillance cameras recorded images of Williams
during the robbery.
On Nov. 23, 2016, law enforcement officers familiar with
both Williams and Morris located the dark-colored Volkswagen and arrested the
two men at an apartment complex in Brockton.
Morris was charged in state court with the robbery of the
RTN Federal Credit Union in Brookline and was sentenced to eight-to-10 years in
jail.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Harold H. Shaw,
Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field
Division; U.S. Marshal John Gibbons of the District of Massachusetts; Norfolk
County District Attorney Michael Morrissey; West Bridgewater Police Chief
Victor R. Flaherty Jr.; Brookline Acting Police Chief Mark P. Morgan; and
Brockton Police Chief John Crowley made the announcement today. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
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