NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Local and federal officials announced Wednesday that two people were charged in a string of bank robberies in July that targeted three bank branches in grocery stores over four days.
Federal authorities arrested Gino Rizzo, 28, and Jalania Pantano, 27, both of Middletown, Tuesday on an indictment charging them with bank robbery offenses.
The FBI and local police departments have been investigating multiple robberies that occurred this summer at People’s United Bank branches located in Stop & Shop supermarkets in Connecticut.
The indictment alleges that Rizzo robbed People’s United Bank branches located in Stop & Shop supermarkets in Glastonbury on July 16 and in Newington on July 18, and that Rizzo and Pantano together robbed a People’s United Bank branch located in a Stop & Shop in West Hartford on July 20.
Rizzo and Pantano appeared Tuesday and were ordered detained.
The charge of bank robbery carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.
Doug Stewart is a digital content producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at dstewart@fox61.com.
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