Boston Police report arresting Jeremy Woodley, 35, on charges he held up the Commerce Bank branch at 1320 Washington St. Saturday morning.
Police say Woodley gave a teller a note that he had a gun and wanted money around 11:30 a.m. Then:
The suspect fled the bank with an undetermined amount of cash and was seen getting into the back seat of a motor vehicle which then drove off. Officers located the car a few blocks away and were able to safely stop it and remove the suspect, placing him in custody without incident. As the officers were performing a pat frisk, they felt a bulge in the suspect’s pocket, at which point the suspect informed them "I'm not carrying any weapons, that's just the money from the bank." The suspect also added, "The people in the car have nothing to do with this." The driver of the car and a passenger were interviewed by detectives and released when it was determined they had no knowledge of the suspect’s actions.
In 2006, Woodley was sentenced to almost five years in federal prison for a similar robbery at the Citizens Bank branch on West Broadway in South Boston in 2003.
He got the sentence after admitting he and a couple of friends were driving around when he told the driver to pull over outside the bank, which he walked into and gave a teller a note demanding money or he'd shoot. He then went back to the car, where a dye pack in his newfound money exploded.
Innocent, etc.