BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The Bridgeport Police Department has named a suspect in Thursday’s armed robbery of the TD Bank branch at 1000 Lafayette Boulevard.
Twenty-eight-year-old Eion Powell, of Bridgeport, was taken into custody and is charged with first-degree robbery, facsimile firearm, second-degree threatening, interfering with an officer and destruction/tampering of evidence, according to police.
Around 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a panic alarm from the TD Bank at 1000 Lafayette Boulevard, police said, noting that they quickly confirmed an armed robbery had taken place.
According to police, Bridgeport patrol officers responded to the bank and searched the area, as a description of the suspect was obtained and broadcast; police said they were aware that the suspect was possibly running on foot around Highland Avenue and Washington Avenue.
Officers in the area found a suspect matching the description at 98 Highland Avenue at the Charles F. Greene Homes Apartments between buildings 4 and 5, police said. Officers confronted the suspect, who sat on the ground; he threw a black item under a nearby car that was found by police and determined to be a facsimile gun consistent with a Beretta model 92 pistol, according to police.
Police said that a witness positively identified the suspect, who was determined to be Powell. A backpack with $1,350 was found, counted by the bank manager and returned to the bank.
In the booking area, police said a paper note was located on Powell; he attempted to destroy the note, claiming it to be a love letter, but police said it was consistent with witness statements regarding the note shown during the robbery.
Powell’s bond was set at $100,000, police said.
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