Man Accused Of Pushing Older Customer During Armed Bank Robbery

CHARLESTOWN, MA — Police said they arrested a man accused of pushing an elderly customer as he was robbing a bank at gunpoint in Charlestown. They noted the man was walking down the same street as the robbed bank less than a week after the alleged crime took place, when they nabbed him.

A man walked into the Citizens Bank on Austin Street last Friday, pushed aside an elderly customer who was waiting in line and pointed a gun at the teller, demanding cash, according to police.

He then ran out of the bank with the money, they said. After getting a description of the man accused of the crime, police said the Bank Robbery Task Force singled out Thomas Hickey, 49 of Boston as the person behind the crime.

Thursday afternoon officers said they saw Hickey walking along Austin Street near Rutherford Avenue, close to where the bank is situated, and arrested him.

Hickey is scheduled to appear in Charlestown District Court on charges of armed robbery of a bank, assault and battery on an elderly person and assault by means of a dangerous weapon.

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