Bank Robber Caught While Driving With Child: Cops

Police have arrested the man accused of robbing a bank in Willington and said he had a child in the car when they caught him.

According to police, the suspect wore a scarf over his face while robbing the First Niagara Bank at 11 Phelps Way on Wednesday afternoon.

He demanded money from a bank teller, then ran to a nearby parking lot and got into a pickup truck that headed toward Interstate 84, police said.

Just 15 minutes later, troopers received the report of a truck matching the description of the getaway car. They tracked the car to I-84 near exit 68 in Tolland, where a detective stopped the truck and took the suspect into custody at gunpoint, according to police.

Police said an underage girl was in the car with the suspect and was turned over to her mother.

The suspect has not been publicly identified. He was formally charged at State Police Troop C barracks and was held on bond.

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