Decareau, who is already in custody in connection with multiple bank robberies, will be charged with one more, a May 27 bank job in Ludlow
Christopher Decareau appears in Lawrence District Court for his arraignment on June. 2LUDLOW - A 26-year-old Peabody man who was arrested in early June for a string of bank robberies in the eastern part of the state has been identified as the suspect in a May 27 robbery of the Chicopee Savings branch at 477 Center St., police said.
Ludlow Det. Sgt. Thomas Foye said Thursday night that Ludlow police intend to file charges against Christopher Decareau for the robbery.
Decareau is already in custody at Essex County Correctional Facility as he awaits trial for multiple counts of bank robbery in Lynnfield, Salem, Canton, Braintree, Everett, Reading and Melrose between April and May.
Andover and state police and members of the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force arrested Decareau and his girlfriend, Jenifer Sannizzaro, 24, of Gloucester, as they prepared to rob a bank in that community, according to FBI officials.
According to the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, the couple had their 2-month-old baby with them when they were apprehend.
Foye said he was contacted by law enforcement officials that Decareau may be a suspect in the May 27 bank robbery in Ludlow.
View full sizeThe image on the right is a Chicopee Savings Bank security photo of a suspect in a May 27 robbery. The image on the right is the same suspect robbing a Citizens Bank branch in Braintree 2 hours later. Police contend each person is 26-year-old Christopher Decareau who is under arrest for multiple bank robberies primarily outside of Boston.Foye said mugshots of Decareau resembled security footage from the Chicopee Savings Bank robbery, and when he want to the Essex jail to interview him, Decareau confessed to robbing the Ludlow bank.
Foye said Decareau will eventually be arraigned in Palmer District Court, but not until
after court proceedings against him in Essex County are completed.
Foye said Decareau told him he had “no rhyme or reason” for robbing a bank in Ludlow.
He is from eastern Massachusetts and all of his robberies have been at that end of the state.
“He said he woke up one day and drove west on the pike, got off in Ludlow and - bang - there’s Chicopee Savings right there off the turnpike,” Foye said.
The amount he made off with from Chicopee Savings was never disclosed publicly.
Foye said Decareau told him he felt the amount taken was “not enough because two hours later he robbed a Citizens Savings Bank branch in Braintree.
In that robbery, surveillance footage shows Decareau wearing the same hat and t-shirt that he wore at Ludlow. Foye said when he first saw the pictures from Cambridge, he thought he was looking at the Chicopee Savings bank photos.