Crime & Safety
Police Capture Bank Robbery Suspect Shortly After Hold-Up at Niagara Bank
State Police grab him in Windsor.
According to The Hartford Courant, A Bristol man is alleged to have robbed First Niagara Bank on the Silas Deane Highway Monday and another bank in West Hartford Friday.
State troopers who were monitoring I-91 during the visit by President Barack Obama to the University of Hartford, apprehended the suspect less than an hour after he reportedly fled First Niagara Bank at around 3:15 p.m.
According to the story, the man handed the teller in both occasions a note and was given an undisclosed amount of money.
The man, Joseph B. Clower, 42, of Bristol, was taken to the Rocky Hill Police Dept. and was held on $150,000 bail. He was charged with first degree robbery and fifth degree larceny.
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