Witnesses reported a robbery in progress in in the area containing bank’s safety deposit boxes, police say. Employees told police they saw the suspect with a firearm, but no weapon was found on the man arrested, according to the arrest report.
Two Fairfield Police officers working a private job nearby stopped a man fitting the description given by witnesses. He was later identified as Alfred Capozziello III, 43, of Bridgeport, police say.
The victim told police that Capozziello and another man came to his house in Bridgeport, forced him into a car at gunpoint and brought him to the bank to collect a debt, according to the police report.
Capozziello was charged with attempted second-degree robbery, a felony, as well as second-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree threatening and a breach of the peace, all misdemeanors. He was released after posting a $10,000 bond and is due in court on May 8.
The other suspect fled the scene in a Mercedes CLS500 and has not yet been found, police say. He was described only as a Hispanic male, according to the police report. The case is still under investigation.
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