Police announced the arrest Friday of a Bronx man for the robberies of TD Bank locations in Great Neck and Garden City, marking the latest charges in a series of bank robberies that swept through northern Nassau County earlier this year.
James Pope, 35, was arrested Friday morning in Queens and charged with two counts of robbery for the Feb. 4 theft in Great Neck and a Jan. 30 robbery in Garden City. He is the fourth person charged in a string of TD Bank robberies that took place between Jan. 16 and Feb. 22. in Great Neck, Garden City, Roslyn Heights, Westbury, Wantagh, East Meadow, New Cassel and Plainview.
Pope allegedly threatened to shoot the woman working the counter at the Great Neck bank as three other employees and one customer looked on but did not display a weapon. He allegedly made off with an undetermined amount of money and fled down Great Neck Road.
That robbery came less than a week after Pope allegedly partnered with Monique Davis, who was charged in late February in connection with six TD Bank thefts, to steal from a TD Bank in Garden City. Davis and Pope allegedly demanded cash from the teller, and after receiving the money ran out the bank’s front door and through a back parking lot.
Davis, Anthony Brown and Charles Sutton were charged in February in connection with a TD Bank robbery in Roslyn Heights.
Police said Davis and Brown entered the bank at approximately 8 p.m. and Davis and started to make a transaction.
When asked for identification, Davis demanded money from the teller, police said.
The pair, police said, obtained $1,000 and fled on foot.
Prior to leaving the bank, Brown had been in contact with Sutton, who was driving a 2013 Hyundai, by phone, police said.
Davis and Brown were arrested at Mineola Ave. and Lambert Street in Roslyn Heights, while Sutton was later stopped in his car on Mineola Avenue and allegedly presented a New Jersey driver’s license and a false name. A stun gun was also found in his possession.
Police also charged Davis in connection with five other recent bank robberies dating back to the end of January, each at TD Bank locations, throughout Nassau County.
Davis was charged with four counts of second-degree robbery, two counts of third degree robbery, and resisting arrest.
Brown was charged with second-degree robbery, and Sutton was charged with second-degree robbery, second-degree possession of a forged instrument, third-degree possession of a weapon, as well as a traffic law violation.
The descriptions of other TD Bank robberies do not match the four suspects already charged.
On Feb. 22, a man wearing a black ski mask and described as a white male about 25 years old robbed a TD Bank in Port Washington and fled on foot, police said.
On the Feb. 17, man wearing a green hooded jacked and described as a middle-aged white male allegedly robbed the TD Bank in Roslyn Heights. And on Jan. 17, a man of similar description – white, middle aged and wearing a green jacket – robbed a TD Bank in Plainview.
A spokesperson for TD Bank said in February that the company was cooperating with local officials and would not comment further on an ongoing legal matter.
