Man Charged in Milford Bank Robbery

A 32-year-old Bridgeport man has been charged in a bank robbery in Milford on March 23.

Police said Robert Doyle, 32, of Bridgeport, robbed the Webster Bank on 314 Merwin Avenue at 3:15 p.m. on March 23. 

He handed over a note and indicated that he had a bomb. After he was given money, he left in a waiting older model green or gray pickup driven by another person, Milford Police said. 

Police said Doyle was staying in a hotel in Stratford and he barricaded himself in a room with an accomplice who tried fleeing by jumping from a second-floor. Police apprehended the alleged accomplice and talked Doyle out of the hotel room and apprehended him, police said. 

Doyle was charged with second-degree robbery and third-degree larceny.

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