Author: Katelyn Goddard

LAKEVILLE — Police Chief Matthew Perkins reports that the suspect in a robbery at Eastern Bank was arrested yesterday in Worcester by the Worcester Police Department in connection to another bank robbery.

In addition to the new charges in Worcester, NATHON RIBEIRO-NEVES, 21, of BROCKTON, was arrested on an outstanding warrant, issued by Lakeville Police in connection with the Lakeville robbery. RIBEIRO-NEVES was wanted on the following charges in Lakeville:

• Terroristic Threats
• Unarmed Robbery
• Stealing by Confining or Putting in Fear
• Larceny over $1,200

The warrant for RIBEIRO-NEVES alleges he robbed the Eastern Bank branch located at 45 Main St. in Lakeville on Monday, Nov. 8.

RIBEIRO-NEVES is expected to be arraigned later today in Central District Court in Worcester and is also expected to appear in Wareham District Court at a later date to be arraigned on the charges from Lakeville Police. He also has two additional outstanding warrants for his arrest.

Chief Perkins would like to commend the efforts of all of the agencies that helped lead to the arrest of RIBEIRO-NEVES. 

These are allegations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

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LAKEVILLE — Police Chief Matthew Perkins reports that the Lakeville Police Department is actively investigating a bank robbery that occurred Monday afternoon.

Lakeville Police responded to the Eastern Bank branch located at 45 Main Street at 3:10 p.m. for a report of a robbery. Upon arrival, officers received a report that a suspect had passed a note to a teller demanding money.

The suspect showed no weapon and fled the bank with an undisclosed quantity of cash in a waiting vehicle.

Police believe that the getaway vehicle may have left from the parking lot of a closed bowling alley at 51 Main St.

The suspect is described as being dark-skinned, approximately 6-feet tall, and wearing a medical-style mask, blue hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

If anyone has any information or saw anything suspicious in the area, they are asked to contact Lakeville Police at 508-947-4422.

The robbery remains under investigation by the Lakeville Police Department and the FBI Bank Robbery Task Force.

LAKEVILLE — Chief Matthew Perkins and the Lakeville Police Department regretfully announce the passing of Patrolman Thomas Robinson. He was 66.

Patrolman Robinson began working for the Town of Lakeville in 1982, and served as a dispatcher and reserve police officer before serving 24 years as a full-time police officer with the department.

He retired from the Lakeville Police Department on Aug. 14, 2012.

In addition to his role as a member of the LPD, Patrolman Robinson served on the Lakeville Police Station Building Committee, and continued his service to the Town of Lakeville as Town Carpenter up to the day of his passing.

Patrolman Robinson specialized in community policing and teaching, and worked well with everyone in the community. He was instrumental in establishing and teaching various types of public safety programs, including D.A.R.E. (Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education), car seat safety, bicycle safety, and senior citizen safety programs. He wrote grants to help obtain bicycle helmets and car seats, and enjoyed participating in the D.A.R.E. summer camps put on by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office for middle schoolers.

“Tom’s personnel file is full of letters of appreciation, and it’s clear that he not only loved the community of Lakeville but that the community loved him,” Chief Perkins said. “He will be greatly missed, and the Lakeville Police Department offers its condolences to Tom’s family.”

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