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Ludlow bank robbed by man who jumped bail
Suspect was due to be sentenced for other bank robberies
By Robert Audette
raudette@reformer.com @audette.reformer on Twitter
POSTED: 12/22/2015 05:44:34 AM EST0 COMMENTS
LUDLOW >> A convicted bank robber is wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred at the Heritage Family Credit Union on 198 Main St. in Ludlow.
According to a press release from the Vermont State Police, at just before 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, dispatch was notified of a bank robbery. Based on the security camera video and statements from witnesses the suspect was identified as Matthew T. Martin, 31, who at one time listed his place of residence as Weathersfield, where he has family and friends.
During the robbery Martin displayed a black handgun and left on foot out the front door with an undisclosed amount of money. Martin's direction of travel and whether a vehicle was involved in his escape is unconfirmed at this time.
Martin, 31, was born in Rhode Island and is 5' 6" and weighs approximately 125 pounds. According to published reports, he is also wanted for a bank robbery in Loudon, N.H., on Dec. 4. On Dec. 1, the day he was scheduled to appear in court to be sentenced to prison for three robberies, including a gas station in Ludlow, and two banks in Springfield, Martin allegedly robbed the Mascoma Savings Bank in Charlestown, N.H., around 3 p.m., according to the New Hampshire State Police.
According to published reports, Martin's alleged drug habits are fueling his crimes.
He is also wanted in Rhode Island.
Bob Audette can be contacted at 802-254-2311, ext. 160.
Of COURSE this convicted armed robber was out on bail.
ReplyDeleteThe crimes in this on-going spree are only the ones known about....how did he obtain the hand gun for instance..I realize it is a stretch for the Vermont judicial system, but it may be time to lock this one up when they finally catch him.
ReplyDeleteI think the first thing that has to happen here is to arrest the judge who unleashed this felon after he was convicted. This is the kind of judicial nonsense that keeps occurring and endangering the public. Let these liberal clowns masquerading as judges spend some time in the pokey with their friends.
ReplyDeleteyou are spot on about the judges
DeleteWhat? If he's a drug addict he's not going to quit on a dime. Insanity to think otherwise.
ReplyDeleteIf he was in jail, like he should be, he'd quit on a dime.....
DeleteI think there's drugs in jail.
Deletehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/27/drugs-inside-prison-walls/?page=all
If I was a police officer I wouldn't waste my time or taxpayers money on this. The court system will just let him out again....
ReplyDeleteIt's not like you would have ever seen this coming. What a joke the Criminal Justice System has become here. When the state starts getting sued over wrongful deaths based on these clowns posing a Judges decisions, maybe then something will change?
ReplyDelete@9:48 As much justifiable contempt as you hold for Vermont's judiciary and parole boards, what are you prepared to do about it? Springfield overwhelmingly sends the same, do-nothing, representatives and state senators to Montpelier every election cycle. Yet in the classic definition of insanity we expect a different result.
DeleteIf elected Windsor country senator I would be publicly demanding those on the judicial review board and particularly parole board chair Dean George appear at town meeting and apologize to the community for the losses, heart ache, and murder they are directly responsible for.
But alas, the selfish parasites of this fetid rat hole demand nothing of these officials other then their next handout. Damn this place sucks!
It's like the old joke, What do you call a whale turd on the bottom of the ocean ? A POLITICIAN or is that stink down there a LAWYER ?
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