TD Bank robbery suspect arrested in downtown Providence after fleeing on bus
PROVIDENCE — Police arrested a man on Saturday suspected of a bank robbery downtown.
The scene unfolded at 1 p.m. when 59-year-old William Archer allegedly walked into a TD Bank on Westminster Street near Kennedy Plaza and passed the clerk a note. Police declined to say what was written.
Police said the suspect, who is from Providence, was then given an undisclosed sum of money that contained a tracking device.
"They have special packages that, should this happen, they give the would-be robber, and we’re able to track that currency because it contains a GPS," Providence police Cmdr. Thomas Verdi said.
According to police, as he took off with the cash, Archer jumped onto a RIPTA bus that was eventually stopped near the Providence Place mall at Francis Street, where he was apprehended without incident.
Archer has been charged with second degree robbery.
Police are continuing to investigate.
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