Valentine's Day Bank Theft in East Lyme Results in Capture

A Norwich man supposedly victimized a Citizen's Bank at gunpoint.

At roughly 9:10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, a man strolled into Native's Bank, #15 Chesterfield Rd. #1 in Flanders Square and supposedly looted the bank at gunpoint.

The man hurried to the counter and shouted requests at representatives and bank clients, as indicated by Connecticut Express Police's Eastern Area Significant Wrongdoing Squad, Troop E.

"The suspect was forceful and debilitating amid this theft," police said. "He fled the scene with an extensive aggregate of cash and was associated with being gotten by a vehicle not long after the theft."

Because of the brutal idea of this wrongdoing and the effect it had on the network, law authorization steadily worked in participation to recognize and secure and capture warrant, as indicated by an official statement from CT State Police.

Connecticut State Police Eastern Locale Real Wrongdoing Troop E Criminologists could recognize the suspect as Shawn Twomey, 41, of Summit St., Norwich, in under a 24-hour time span. A capture warrant was quickly anchored for him, and an escalated look for his whereabouts was led.

Twomey was situated in New York by the New York State Police and put into care. Courses of action are being made with The New London Better Court Section A than remove Twomey back to the territory of Connecticut to reply to the charges.

Twomey was captured on the accompanying charges and issued a $500,000 court-set bond.

Theft in the primary degree

Burglary in the main degree

Danger of damage

Ambush in an exhaustive cross-examination

Debilitating in the second degree

Unlawful restriction in the primary degree

Troopers from Troop E alongside Officers from East Lyme Police Office reacted to the bank. Criminologists from Connecticut State Police Eastern Area, Significant Wrongdoing Troop E, were reached, responded and expected the examination.