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Warwick’s Most Wanted: Citizens Bank Robber Serving 7 Years

Robert Bailey is currently serving seven years for a September, 2013 bank robbery in Warwick. CREDIT: Rhode Island Most Wanted
Robert Bailey is currently serving seven years for a September, 2013 bank robbery in Warwick. CREDIT: Rhode Island Most Wanted

Warwick, RI — A Warwick man is serving a seven-year jail term for the September, 2013 robbery of a local Citizens Bank.

Robert Bailey, 31, was subject of a Rhode Island Most Wanted alert showing him inside the bank at 300 Quaker Lane on Sept. 26. Warwick Police arrested Bailey on Sept. 29 and charged him with second-degree robbery and simple assault on a police officer.

Police reported that Bailey cased the bank branch before going inside and presenting a note demanding money.

Judge Walter Stone sentenced Bailey to 15 years in prison, with seven to serve, on the Warwick charges. He will also serve a total of nine years probation and a nine-year suspended sentence for the robbery and assault charges.

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