A Fall River man who in a televised interview as soon as estimated that he had robbed 150 banks and claimed his exploits impressed Ben Affleck’s character within the film “The Town” has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly robbing 4 extra banks.
“No, I’m not going back to prison. I’ve been in prison over 37 years of my life,” William Sequeira advised chief Providence, R.I., municipal decide Frank Caprio throughout a listening to over some visitors tickets. The hearings have been aired on the present Caught in Providence, which options Caprio’s judicial work, in November 2020.
“Ever seen the movie ‘The Town’? Well, that movie’s about me. Watch the movie, Ben Affleck plays me in the movie. That’s a true story,” he mentioned, later explaining the plot: “It’s about guys outta Charlestown, Boston who rob banks and armored trucks.”
Caprio, who receives donations from viewers throughout the nation because of his present, determined that he would minimize Sequeira a break and paid off the $150 fantastic with a donation. At the time, Sequeira was delivering produce by truck after having gotten out of jail following a 30-year stint in federal jail, he advised the decide, for financial institution theft.
“I’m proud of you because you’ve turned your life around and I think you’re going to continue to do it,” Caprio had mentioned on the listening to.
Those phrases might need been too optimistic, as Sequeira, now 59, is the topic of an indictment alleging he robbed 5 banks between Sept. 26 and Sept. 30, 2022: a Citizens Bank department in Fall River, adopted by three Boston banks: a Santander Bank department, an M&T Bank department and a TD Bank department.
“Give me all the money before I blow your brains out,” Sequeira allegedly advised a teller at that last theft on Sept. 30.
But the person allegedly simply couldn’t get his fill, as legislation enforcement who have been in search of him in Back Bay say they noticed him getting into the Boylston Street Citizens Bank department in that neighborhood. Authorities allege that he approached a teller there and demanded “Give me hundreds” and threatened to shoot in the event that they didn’t transfer quick sufficient, however cops have been prepared and busted him.
Sequeira was such a preferred topic of the Caught in Providence present, during which he claimed that he as soon as stored $500,000 in milk containers in his fridge from some good heists, that he returned for an encore look in January 2021.
The New Bedford native mentioned in that look that his father died when he was solely eight years previous, and that he quickly was moving into bother. He’d hang around at bars just like the Triple Os Lounge on Broadway and earlier than he knew it, he was “doing scores.”
“You gotta worry about cops,” he mentioned of his profession. “We always had a stopwatch. I’d clock it, you’ve got 60 seconds to walk in the door because as soon as you’d walk in with guns and masks they’re hitting the alarms … It’s on; the cops are coming. You gotta go, grab, get out — that’s how you’ve gotta do it.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”