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  • UPDATE: LPD released this statement to press on Monday, offering new details about the M&T Bank robbery which occurred on Friday. Scanned document

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  • LPD have released this photo of the man they say robbed the M&T Bank branch Friday morning on Walnut Street. The suspect is described as a white male about 5” 5” inches tall wearing a black knit cap, black coat, blue jeans and gray sneakers with a white stripe. The suspect was wearing aviator sunglasses and a piece of white tape over his nose. Call LPD at 716-433-7700 with any information.

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  • LPD have released this photo of the man they say robbed the M&T Bank branch Friday morning on Walnut Street. The suspect is described as a white male about 5” 5” inches tall wearing a black knit cap, black coat, blue jeans and gray sneakers with a white stripe. The suspect was wearing aviator sunglasses and a piece of white tape over his nose. Call LPD at 716-433-7700 with any information.

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  • GATHERING INFO: Lockport Police stand outside the M&T Bank branch at 118 Walnut St. after it was robbed late Friday morning. The suspect passed a note to a teller and fled with an undetermined amount of cash. Police were interviewing witnesses in the early afternoon and a search for the suspect continues. John Hopkins/Staff

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March 11, 2013

Bank heist suspect captured

NFDP helps LPD arrest Falls man

Staff Reports

City of Lockport Police detectives has arrested a Niagara Falls man in connection with a bank robbery in downtown Lockport on March 8.

LPD — with the assistance of Niagara Falls Police Department — arrested Joseph S. Trusello of 431 Memorial Pkwy, Niagara Falls at his residence, according to a press release from Lockport police.

Detectives had recieved numerous tips since the assailant's photos were shown in the media on Friday afternoon. Those tips resulted in a quick resolution to the case, police say.

Trusello was charged with third-degree robbery and third-degree grand larceny. He was set to be arraigned today in Lockport City Court  before Judge William Watson, but as of 3 p.m. had not yet been arraigned because he was still being questioned.

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