Overview
- Investigators say Sawyer is accused of robbing St. Mary’s Bank in Nashua on June 12 and a Chase branch in Boonton on June 27 using the same clothing and tactics.
- Prosecutors allege he entered both banks brandishing what appeared to be a black semiautomatic handgun, ordered people to the floor, seized cell phones and stole cash.
- Authorities linked the two crimes with surveillance images and license-plate-reader data and say the getaway vehicle was a Honda minivan later tied to the suspect’s family.
- An FBI Albany SWAT team arrested the 52-year-old in upstate New York after a law-enforcement tip and court records show the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire is prosecuting.
- The case highlights a multiagency, multi-state investigation that used routine digital and physical evidence and could lead to additional charges or prosecutions in other states.