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Department of Justice Press Release
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For Immediate Release
November 4, 2009
United States Attorney's Office
District of Massachusetts
Contact: (617) 748-3100

Boston Man Indicted for Bank Robbery

BOSTON, MA—A Boston man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in connection with bank robbery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Acting United States Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division; Commissioner Ronnie Watson of the Cambridge Police Department; and Thomas O'Loughlin, Chief of Police of the Milford Police Department, announced that DAVID A. LAPERLE, 52, of Boston, Massachusetts, was indicted on one count of bank robbery.

According to the Indictment on January 9, 2009, LAPERLE robbed the Cambridge Trust Company branch, located at 1720 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, of $14,775.00.

If convicted, LAPERLE faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

The case was investigated by the FBI’s Violent Crime Task Force, comprised of personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Massachusetts State Police, the Boston Police Department, Cambridge Police Department and Malden Police Department, with the assistance of the Milford Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney in Loucks’ Major Crimes Unit.

The details contained in the Indictment are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.