Santinho Samacau, 20, of Norwich, faces numerous charges, including robbery in the first degree, larceny in the second degree, and reckless endangerment in the first degree, police said.
Samacau is accused of robbing Centerville Bank on High Street in Norwich around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15. Authorities said he entered the bank with a pistol and demanded cash.
He fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, but police arrested him shortly after. Officers recovered the money and a loaded pistol with a high-capacity magazine, police said.
He also faces charges of criminal use of a firearm, threatening in the first degree, interfering with an officer, carrying a pistol without a permit, and possession of a high-capacity magazine, police said.
A judge ordered him held on a $300,000 bond, officials said.
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