FALMOUTH, MASS. (WHDH) - An Edgartown man has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Falmouth last month, Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois announced Tuesday.
Police previously said a suspect entered the Rockland Trust Bank on Davis Straits in Falmouth around 9 a.m. on April 8. The person, police said, demanded money from a teller while holding a handgun and claiming to have a bomb.
Weeks later, Galibois said Petar Petyoshin, 40 has been arrested in connection with the robbery on charges including armed and masked robbery with a firearm, a bomb threat, carjacking and seven counts of kidnapping.
In his announcement, Galibois said Petyoshin allegedly zip-tied bank patrons and employees before leaving the bank with several thousand dollars. Once outside, Galibois said Petyoshin allegedly stole a bank patron’s car and fled the scene.
Petyoshin was arraigned on Tuesday. He is being held without bail pending a detention hearing next week, according to the DA.
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