BOSTON (WHDH) – A man from Martha’s Vineyard was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing a bank on the island in 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Police said 33-year-old Miquel Antonio Jones orchestrated the armed robbery of the Rockland Trust bank branch in Vineyard Haven, the office said in a statement.
Authorities said Jones picked the bank and provided items including dark clothing, masks, and zip ties for himself and three co-conspirators.
Jones and his accomplices — Omar Odion Johnson, of Canterbury, N.H., Romane Andre Clayton, of Jamaica, and Tevin Porter, of Bridgeport, Conn. — are accused of breaking into the bank, holding the employees at gunpoint, and forcing them to open a vault, prosecutors said.
Police said the group got away with nearly $40,000. Jones was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2023, the office said.
Jones’ 10-year sentence will be followed by three years of supervised released, prosecutors said. The other members of the group have pleaded guilty and are slated to be sentenced in January.
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