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William Scott, 50, of Watertown was arrested Wednesday, July 3, after a six-month investigation, headed up by Officer George Slaiby, into the Dec. 21, 2018, armed robbery of the Thomaston Savings Bank branch on Straits Turnpike in Middlebury. Scott was charged with first-degree robbery, criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, third-degree larceny, and fifth-degree larceny. He is being held on a $200,000 court-set bond and is currently incarcerated on other charges.
In December, Police Chief Fran Dabbo said at about 12:10 p.m. the day of robbery, Sgt. Pat Deely and Officers Alton Cronin, George Slaiby and Ron Hunt responded to a report of a bank robbery at the Thomaston Savings Bank at 1655 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury.
Witnesses reported that a white male approximately 6′ tall and wearing a dark hoodie, dark pants, a black scarf over his face and large rectangular sunglasses was standing in the lobby of the bank. The unknown male was told by a bank employee to remove his hood. The male pointed a black handgun at one of the tellers and started yelling “Give me your money. I want all of your money” to one of them.
The teller gave him some money that was placed into a green back pack. He was waving the handgun around while he demanded more money. A second teller gave him more money, which also was placed into the back pack.
He fled the bank in a blue Honda Civic sedan. An internal audit by bank personnel determined that he escaped with $1,262.
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