Man Held in 2012 Granby Bank Robbery Faces New Charges

State police have charged an Enfield man in connection with an Aug. 25, 2012, robbery at the Webster Bank branch on Main Street in Somers.

Gregory M. Orton, 28, who is last known to have resided on Conlin Street in Enfield, was charged Tuesday with third-degree robbery and third-degree larceny, according to police.

Orton was already being held at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield in connection with a September 2012 bank robbery in Granby. In that incident, minutes after robbing Windsor Federal Savings Bank, Granby Chief of Police Carl Rosenswieg saw Orton running from the bank when he happened to be driving through the area in an unmarked car.

Rosensweig saw the suspect fleeing the area on foot before entering the get-away vehicle and radioed for backup before the bank could even report the robbery, according to a report from the department. Rosensweig kept his eyes on the car, a 2005 Toyota Camry, and got its registration information as he followed it onto Route 20, headed toward East Granby.

Two suspects were taken into custody by Granby police without any serious resistance, according to the report.

Orton is being held on a combined $1.75 million bond, according to the state Department of Correction website.

wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, white and blue bandana covering his face, ran into the Main Street bank, jumped over the counter to the teller stations and demanded money from the tellers. The man then jumped back over the counter and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to police.

There was no weapon shown or implied and no bank personnel were injured.

Detectives with the Eastern District Major Crime unit and the Somers Resident State Troopers office investigated the incident and served Orton with a warrant on Tuesday, charging him with the crime, according to police.

Police were able to obtain a full confession from Orton, they said in a news release.