The federal charge carries up to 25 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Two men arrested in connection with a Bank Robbery in Martha’s Vineyard last month have been charged by the federal government with Armed Bank Robbery.

Miquel Antonio Jones, 39, of Edgartown, and Omar Odion Johnson, 32, of Canterbury, New Hampshire, have each been charged with one count of armed bank robbery, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said both men are being held by the state on related charges and will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.

Prosecutors say the federal charge of armed bank robbery carries a sentence of up to 25 years in prison, five years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

Investigators say Jones and Johnson were two of three men who carried out the November 17 robbery at the Rockland Trust bank in Tisbury. The three suspects wore matching white masks that resembled “an elderly man with exaggerated facial features” and wielded semi-automatic handguns, prosecutors said. During the robbery, one of the suspects pointed a gun at a bank employee’s head and demanded that he open the safe.

The trio got away with $39,100 after tying up employees with duct tape and zip ties and stealing an employee’s car. Shortly after, police found the stolen car about two miles from the bank; it appeared that the thieves had fled in another vehicle.

According to the charging documents, during a search of a Tisbury farmhouse used by a local landscaping company where Jones works, investigators found a glove, a strip of paper money, a zip tie and several rubber bands. which matched the items believed to be used in the bank robbery. Investigators also spotted an area that appeared to have had a recent fire where they found pieces of burnt nylon, white metal plastic consistent with a white mask, burnt walkie-talkie bits, an antenna, batteries and bits of metal compatible with a sports bag zipper. . A few meters away, investigators recovered two semi-automatic handguns loaded with 9mm ammunition buried in the ground.

Jones was arrested Nov. 19 for accessory after the fact and was later charged with armed and masked bank robbery in Edgartown District Court. Jones, who is accused of driving the getaway vehicle, is a Jamaican former professional football player who worked as a landscaper.

A criminal complaint and warrant was issued in Edgartown District Court on November 25, charging Johnson with the masked armed robbery. Police arrested him in New Haven, Conn., and he is currently in state custody awaiting trial in Edgartown District Court.