Pennsylvania police arrest suspected bank robber
January 9th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by BNO NewsPHILADELPHIA (BNO NEWS) — Police officers on Friday arrested a 28-year-old man on a warrant issued yesterday following two bank robberies in Philadelphia, federal officials said.
Michael P. Bellini was taken into custody without incident by officers from the Pottstown Police Department at a local motel.
Bellini was charged yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania with the robberies of the Citibank branch located at 1211 Walnut Street in Philadelphia on New Year’s Eve and on last Wednesday.
“The Pottstown Police Department received an anonymous tip call that Bellini was staying in a motel in Pottstown,” said Special Agent J.J. Klaver of the FBI. “They located him inside a room and took him into custody without incident.”
Bellini was turned over to the custody of the FBI following his arrest. “The identification of Bellini, and the tip that led to his apprehension by the Pottstown Police Department, were the result of media coverage of the two bank robberies and of his fugitive status,” Klaver said.
The 28-year-old has no known address, but was known to frequent motels in the Norristown and Pottstown areas.
The FBI described Bellini as “armed and dangerous” when a warrant for his arrest was issued on Thursday.
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