State Police Obtain Warrant for Bank Robbery Suspect

Editor's Note: Richard Hosford is the Local Editor for the Burlington Patch website.

Massachusetts State Police have identified a suspect in the January on Wilmington Road and have issued a warrant for his arrest and are offering an award for information.

According to a release from the State Police, troopers assigned to the FBI Bank Robbery/Violent Crimes Task Force have obtained an arrest warrant charging Javon Perry, 29, with the January armed robbery of a Burlington bank.

Javon Perry (a.k.a. Javon  Greer) is wanted for his role in the robbery of the Central Bank located at 85 Wilmington Rd. in Burlington at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Jan. 5, 2011. The warrant charging Perry with armed robbery and using intimidation to steal from a depository was issued out of Woburn District Court. Perry allegedly stole more than $2,000 from the bank.

The Central Bank robbery may not have been the only incident in which Perry was involved, police say.

According to the release, state troopers and FBI agents are investigating Perry’s possible link to a series of six bank robberies. The robberies, which may have been committed by multiple suspects acting together, occurred at banks in Lynnfield, Reading, Westford, Salem and Malden. The Lynnfield robbery occurred December 15th at The Savings Bank.

Among those crimes was the Dec. 16 robbery in Malden in which a different suspect became trapped between two doors in a front vestibule and fired several shots before escaping. That suspect, , was arrested earlier this year on federal charges.

Perry is a black male who is 5’10” tall with a medium build.

A reward is being offered for information leading to the suspect’s arrest. Anyone with information regarding the robberies is asked to call the Massachusetts State Police at 508-820-2121.