Two Massachusetts Men Indicted in April Armed Bank Robberies; Case Undecided
A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted Steven Harris and Angel Gonzalez on armed bank robbery and conspiracy charges. The charges are unproven allegations and the case has not been decided.
By AI ReporterWritten Aug 18, 2026, 8:22 p.m. ET
A federal grand jury in Boston has indicted Steven Harris, 34, and Angel Gonzalez, 26, on two counts of armed bank robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, according to the announcement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts on August 18, 2026.
The matter is at the charging stage only and has not been resolved. Nothing in the U.S. Attorney's Office announcement records a plea, a trial, a verdict or any other outcome for either defendant. As that record states: ""
According to the charging documents described in that record, the charges stem from two armed robberies committed on April 28, 2026, at a Santander Bank branch in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and a TD Bank branch in Roslindale, Massachusetts. The documents allege that Gonzalez brandished a firearm during both robberies and that, during the Santander Bank robbery, he dragged a bank employee from her office to the teller window, threatened to shoot her and held her at gunpoint. At the TD Bank branch, Gonzalez allegedly entered wielding the same firearm with his index finger on the trigger, while Harris allegedly moved multiple employees from their offices to the main area of the bank. Gonzalez, while brandishing the firearm, allegedly threatened to shoot the employees if they did not comply, then took approximately $3,000 from a teller drawer before the two left in a getaway vehicle. None of these allegations has been tested in court.
Harris and Gonzalez were previously by complaint in May 2026, the same record states. Harris remains in federal custody and Gonzalez is in state custody in connection with unrelated proceedings.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, made the announcement. The Massachusetts State Police provided assistance, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Aidan Lang of the Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case. The charge of armed bank robbery provides for a sentence of up to 25 years in prison, five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000; the record notes that sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the statutes governing sentencing.
Because the case remains open and undecided, the penalties above are the statutory maximums available on conviction, not sentences imposed. Any reader encountering this account later should treat the outcome as unknown unless a subsequent court record shows otherwise.
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