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GOT HIM! Man Who Threatened To Bomb PA Bank Arrested: Police

A 30-year-old man has been arrested for threatening to blow up a bank during an attempted robbery last week in central Pennsylvania, according to local police.

Collin Robert Shaab

Collin Robert Shaab

Photo Credit: West Lampeter Township police

Collin Robert Shaab of Conestoga, has been arrested for attempted robbery of the Fulton Bank branch located in the 2400 block of Willow Street on Monday, Mar. 14 at 4:55 p.m., West Lampeter Township police announced a week later.

Shaab pulled up to the drive-thru window and handed the teller a note indicating he had a bomb and demanded money, police allege.

He was identified thanks to the public sharing surveillance images of the suspect and the Nissan Altima used in the crime on social media, police say.

He was taken into custody when East Lampeter Township Police officers responded to a report of suspicious activity at a Wawa store on the 2100 block of Lincoln Highway at approximately 1:40 a.m. on Monday, Mar. 19, according to an updated release by the police.

Shaab was found on the scene and was arrested on the outstanding warrant for the bank robbery, police say.

Shaab has been charged with robbery and making terroristic threats, according to court records.

He has been held in the Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $150,000 in bail and his preliminary hearing has been scheduled before Magisterial District Judge David P. Miller on Mar. 30 at 1:30 p.m., according to his court docket.

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