Police have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery in Waterbury Tuesday afternoon.
William Saunders, 40, of Waterbury, is suspected of robbing TD Bank at 2 West Main St., according to police.
Police responded to the bank at 1:31 p.m. Tuesday. They said the man who robbed the bank handed a teller a note that indicated he was robbing the bank and demanded cash.
After the teller handed him the cash, the man ran out of the bank toward Phoenix Avenue, police said.
A description of the suspect was radioed to all patrol units.
Amid a search of surrounding neighborhoods, a patrol sergeant found a discarded sweatshirt, which matched the description from the robbery, behind the North End Recreational Center.
Minutes later, officers found a person matching the description of the suspect in the area of Giles Street and Walnut Avenue.
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Saunders was arrested and charged with robbery in the second degree and larceny in the sixth degree.
He is being held on a $100,000 bond.
