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Troopers responded to the Eastern Connecticut Savings Bank on Slater Avenue in Griswold at approximately 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25 after a man slipped a bank teller a note demanding cash.
Police said that the suspect fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, prompting a search by troopers and police in the area.
The investigation into the bank robbery led police to identify New London County resident Ronald Arthur Speed, age 55, of Norwich, as a suspect, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Thursday, Jan. 27, Connecticut State Police troopers arrested Speed at his Norwich home in the town of Voluntown, charging him with third-degree robbery and larceny.
Speed was held on a $100,000 court-set bond and scheduled to appear at Norwich Superior Court on Friday, Jan. 28.
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