Crime & Safety
Coventry Police Searching for Machete-Wielding Bank Robber
A man carrying a large machete robbed a BankRI branch in Coventry on Monday, police said.
COVENTRY, RI—Police are searching for a man who robbed a local BankRI while wielding a large machete.
The Coventry Police Department released photos of the man taken at the bank on Monday at around 4:28 p.m. in an effort to make a positive identification.
Coventry Police Chief Col. John MacDonald said that the suspect entered the bank at 3 Coventry Shoppers Park carrying the machete and demanded money from a teller.
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He left the bank with an undetermined amount of cash.
The suspect was wearing a red Russell Athletic jacket with a black hood and back pants with white stripes on the sides of each leg.
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Coventry police, along with officers from west Greenwich and West Warwick are actively searching the area along with K-9 units from the Warwick Police Department and the Rhode Island State Police.
If anyone has any information, they're asked to call 401-826-1100.
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