2nd Man Charged In Martha's Vineyard Bank Robbery Case

MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA — A second person has been arrested in connection with the robbery of Rockland Trust Bank in Vineyard Haven, the Cape and Islands District Attorney announced over the weekend.

Omar Johnson, of Canterbury, New Hampshire, was arrested on Friday evening during a traffic stop in New Haven, Connecticut, officials said.

Johnson is charged with masked armed robbery with a firearm and conspiracy to commit armed robbery with a firearm in connection with the Nov. 17 robbery. This is the second arrest made in the case.

Miquel Anthonio Jones, of Edgartown, was arraigned last week in Edgartown District Court on one count of accessory after the fact to an armed robbery. Jones is held on $300,000 cash bail with conditions of release to include GPS monitoring and an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.

A probable cause hearing is scheduled for Dec. 16.

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The District Attorney's Office released an arraignment report alongside news of Jones' arraignment that included details from inside Rockland Trust on the morning of Nov. 17.

Investigators learned from the employees that three masked gunmen, wearing all black dark clothing and armed with semi-automatic handguns, forced their way into the bank, stealing an undisclosed amount of money.

Employees were bound by duct tape and plastic restraints, officials said. After leaving the bank, the three suspects fled the scene in a car they took from one of the employees, officials noted.