CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Two brothers from Maine and a man and woman from New Hampshire are in custody, all linked to a car that authorities believe may have been used in up to a dozen bank robberies in New Hampshire in the last six months.

Travis Blodgett, 26, and his brother, Avery, 24, of Sweden, Maine, have been indicted on federal charges of robbing an Ocean National Bank branch in Stratham Jan. 11. They previously lived in Concord, where at least two other banks were robbed in the spree.

Also, Starr Parish, 32 of Manchester, and Douglas Fisher, 34, of Epsom, have been indicted on drug charges and possessing a gun. They were arrested last week in Laconia after police noticed a stolen green Saab similar to one witnesses reported seeing in the vicinity of several robbed banks.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Feith said investigators aren’t sure yet of the possible connections among the four, the car and the robberies.

“We, ourselves, are trying to connect the dots,” he said Thursday.

He said authorities believe the car recovered in Laconia with Parish and Fisher was involved at least in the Stratham robbery.

“In several recent bank robberies, witnesses reported seeing a green Saab being driven away from the scene,” he said. Authorities continue examining the car for any evidence that might link it to other robberies.

The car was reported stolen in Provincetown, Mass., according to court documents.

The Blodgetts were arrested this week in Maine.

Travis Blodgett was arrested at gunpoint after trying to escape from officers by running through an elementary school in Lovell, Maine.

Officers were trying to arrest the brothers at their home on Knights Hill Road when Travis ran into the woods, hopped on a snowmobile and sped away, investigators said.

The New Suncook Elementary School, which is about a mile away from the Blodgetts’ home, was locked down when a secretary saw Blodgett run by, followed by a state trooper. He was arrested when he went out a door.

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