Robbery Suspect Out on Fourth Strike
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A bank robbery suspect was arrested yesterday after attempting to fleece the same downtown Brooklyn bank he is suspected of robbing on three other occasions in three days, police officials said.
“This guy really got his hand caught in the cookie jar,” a police source said.
The suspect, Orlando Taylor, was arrested at about 4:30 p.m. while attempting to rob the Bank of America at 350 Fulton St. for the fourth time in less than a week, police said.
Mr. Taylor began his localized bank-robbing spree on Friday at about 10:30 a.m. when he robbed an HSBC Bank at 442 Fulton St., police said. He approached the teller and passed a note demanding cash before fleeing the scene, police said.
The following day, at roughly the same time of the morning, Mr. Taylor returned to Fulton Street and entered a Bank of America only steps from his earlier target, police said. Using the same note-passing method as the day before, Mr. Taylor robbed it for the first time, police said.
The Bank of America was closed for business on Sunday.
On Monday, Mr. Taylor returned to rob the same Bank of America on Fulton Street twice, first at about 10 a.m. and then again in the afternoon at about 2:20 p.m., police said.
A task force created specifically to catch Mr. Taylor arrested him at the Bank of America yesterday, police said. He is being charged with robbery, police said.
