SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - The alleged suspect in Wednesday’s Somerville bank robbery appeared in court Thursday.

He’s charged with masked armed robbery and showing police a fake I.D.

The man is accused of robbing East Cambridge Savings Bank in Somerville, demanding money from a teller.

Prosecutors say the man got into a cab, asked the driver to make a stop at the bank, then jumped back into the cab.

Officials say the driver drove away, unaware his passenger may have committed a robbery.

Police then stopped the cab and arrested the passenger, saying they recovered stolen cash.

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