Denville NJ Bank Robbery SuspectPolice in Denville NJ recently arrested a Morris Plains NJ man accused of robbing a bank in December.

According to a Denville police affidavit, the 31-year-old suspect entered the TD Bank branch in Denville not long after the bank opened for the day. The suspect then allegedly gave a bank teller a Christmas card and demanded cash.

The bank teller reportedly handed the suspect an unspecified amount of money. The suspect then exited the building and allegedly fled the scene in a black, four-door sedan.

Denville NJ police were alerted to the alleged theft and immediately began to investigate. Investigators obtained surveillance video footage which shows the suspect at the time of the incident. Police later distributed still photos from the video footage to the media.

Sometime after the investigation began, an individual who works for the probation department reached out to police. Apparently, the probation worker recognized the suspect from the surveillance footage photos.

Police later caught the suspect at a residence in Livingston, NJ. According to authorities, the suspect’s vehicle, a 2011 black Infiniti M37, was parked at the house. Denville NJ police executed a search warrant on the vehicle and allegedly discovered a black suit jacket, black pants, black shoes, and a black glove. These items are reportedly “consistent with what the defendant was wearing at the time of the robbery.”

Police arrested the suspect and charged him with second degree robbery.

According to police, the suspect has already “admitted” that he drove his vehicle on Route 53 in Denville on the day of the theft.

The suspect has already made an appearance in Morris County Superior Court in Morristown, NJ.

 

To learn more about this case, view the NJ.com article entitled “Affidavit: Denville Bank Robber Demanded Money in a Christmas Card.”