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Eliezer Negron, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 29 for a robbery at the Fairfield County in Norwalk on Tuesday, Sept. 21, Sgt. Sofia Gulino, of the Norwalk Police Department said.
According to Gulino, Negron walked into the bank around 1:30 p.m., wearing a hard hat and a mask resembling a tiger's mouth, and demanded money, and intimated he was armed.
He then grabbed the cash and fled in a white Hyundai with no license plate, Gulino said.
The department's detective bureau was able to identify Negron through an investigation and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Monday, detectives met with Negron at the State of Connecticut Probation Department in Bridgeport, where he was arrested without incident.
He was charged with first-degree robbery and is currently being held on a $750,000 court set bond.
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