Boston Blotter: FBI Stops Attempted Bank Robbery in Weymouth

-- The FBI, Weymouth police, and a state police SWAT team arrested two Bay State men who were allegedly preparing to rob an East Weymouth bank.

Police got a tip about the planned heist and set up surveillance around 7 a.m. Police observed the suspects watching the bank, and watched them go to a nearby store to buy disguises. The suspects were arrested without incident. Police found a sledgehammer and crowbars in the car.

Both men were charged with attempting to commit armed robbery while masked, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of burglarious tools. They are being held at Weymouth Police headquarters on $100,000 bail until a Tuesday arraignment in Quincy District Court. [Patriot Ledger]

-- A former manager at a Dorchester Bank of America’s branch was carged with wire fraud in federal court on Friday in a mortgage fraud scheme that led to foreclosures in Dorchester and Roxbury. [Globe]

-- In an apparent road rage incident last week, a Warwick (R.I.) man was attacked with an ax. The Warwick Police are looking for two suspects in a red 2000 Hyundai Elantra with Rhode Island license plate HJ 396. [Providence Journal]

All charges alleged until proven under law.