Boston police said Friday they are investigating a daring scheme that led to a group of robbers fleeing with nearly a quarter of a million dollars. “I've been in this business for 34 years and I've never had a problem,” the owner of an East Boston check-cashing business told WCVB's Mary Saladana, without revealing his identity. Around 9:30 a.m., the man called police to say he'd withdrawn $240,000 in cash from Berkshire Bank near Fenway Park earlier in the day. He then drove to his business on Meridian Street in East Boston when two men approached him from behind, identified themselves as police officers and said they had a warrant for his arrest, police said. According to the police report, the victim said one of the men pulled him out of the car, and the two got in and drove off. “A guy banged on my car window,” the man told WCVB. “He said, 'You have a warrant for your arrest.'” “He opened the door, grabbed me by the back of my neck and threw me to the side,” the man said. “The next thing I knew, he had jumped in his car,” the man said. The black Audi A6 was found about 100 yards away with an empty wallet. The man said there was another $1,100 in cash in the wallet, which was also in the car. Sky 5 captured images of the car surrounded by yellow police tape near the intersection of Border and Lexington Streets, with detectives taking photos. The car was towed from the scene. Boston Police said both suspects are described as white or white-Hispanic males wearing dark clothing and hats. No weapons were used during the robberies and no injuries were reported, police said.
Boston police said Friday they are investigating the audacious plan that led to a group of robbers fleeing with about $250,000.
“I've been in this business for 34 years and I've never had a problem,” the owner of an East Boston check-cashing business told WCVB's Mary Saladana, who declined to be identified.
At about 9:30 a.m., the man called police to say he had withdrawn $240,000 in cash from Berkshire Bank near Fenway Park earlier that day. He then drove to his business on Meridian Street in East Boston when two men approached him from behind, identified themselves as police officers and said they had a warrant for his arrest, police said.
According to the police report, the victim said one of the men dragged him from the vehicle and the men got into a vehicle and fled.
“A guy banged on my window,” the man told WCVB. “He said, 'You have a warrant out for your arrest.' He opened the door, grabbed me by the back of my neck and threw me to the side.”
“The next thing I knew he was jumping in his car,” the man said.
The black Audi A6 was found about 100 yards away with an empty wallet, which the man said had an additional $1,100 in cash in it, which was also in the car.
Detectives were seen on Sky 5 filming the car surrounded by yellow police tape near the intersection of Border and Lexington streets. The car was towed from the scene.
Boston police said the two suspects are described as white or Hispanic men wearing dark clothing and hats.
Police said no weapons were found during the robbery and no injuries were reported.
