Kevin Cyr, 36, and his late girlfriend, 30-year-old Sarah Gauvin, of North Attleboro, Mass. allegedly robbed a bank in Stuart, Florida in December. Gauvin, a mother of two, was killed by police following a pursuit after the robbery.
Surveillance footage from inside the Chase Bank branch in Stuart, Florida showing the late Sarah Gauvin and Kevin Cyr on Dec. 16, 2010. STUART, Fla. - A Massachusetts man is facing the possibility of a life sentence after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a December bank robbery that led to sheriff's deputies shooting and killing his girlfriend.
Kevin Cyr, 36, and his late girlfriend, 30-year-old Sarah Gauvin, of North Attleboro, Mass. allegedly robbed a bank in Stuart, Florida in December 2010, according to a report by TCPalm.com.
On Dec. 16, Cyr and Gauvin allegedly entered a Chase Bank branch in Stuart and handed a teller a note demanding money while displaying a handgun, according to a December report in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. With $1,054 in hand, the duo then reportedly fled in a silver Mustang with Massachusetts license plates.
The vehicle description was broadcast and as police saw the car on the streets, they pursued it. At one point, Cyr allegedly pointed a gun at police officers. During the pursuit, Cyr drove across a median and into an unmarked police cruiser occupied by deputies from the Martin County Sheriff's Department.
Two officers opened fire on the couple with bullets hitting Cyr in the head, neck and arm. Gauvin was killed as a result of the gunfire.
On Wednesday, Cyr pleaded guilty to murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, high-speed fleeing and two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon.
The prosecution said in court that the duo was wanted in connection with at least three other bank robberies, including one in Worcester, in the months leading up to the December incident in Florida that led to Gauvin's death.
In Worcester on Nov. 1, the duo was believed to have robbed a Citizen's bank branch inside a Price Chopper store. They are also wanted in connection with a robbery in Salem, Ore. and Chubbuck, Idaho, according to TCPalm.com.
The gun Cyr allegedly used in the Florida robbery was found to be a realistic-looking Airsoft BB gun, according to a report by the Attleboro Sun Chronicle. Gauvin was the mother of two children who were both under the age of 5.
In a previous interview with a reporter for TCPalm.com, Cyr apologized for his actions.
"I just want to apologize to the bank teller, and everybody involved — the witnesses and everybody we put in danger by driving the way I was driving," he said in a videotaped interview.
The prosecution in the Florida case is reportedly pushing for the maximum sentence which is 24 years to life in prison.