Police have arrested the man clad in all black who robbed a New Britain bank at gunpoint Wednesday morning.
According to police, Israel Ortiz, 28, of New Britain, entered the TD Bank at 252 Allen Street around 8 a.m. Wednesday, pulled out a gun and demanded money.
He got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and left on foot. Police later received a tip that Ortiz was in the area of 100 West Street and tracked him to his apartment there.
He was found with several hundred dollars, and investigators discovered a plastic bag containing more money buried in the snow outside the apartment building, police said.
Ortiz was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery, fourth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer, first-degree criminal trespass and violation of a protective order in connection with an unrelated domestic incident.
