2 Men Charged In East Haven People's United Bank Robbery

EAST HAVEN, CT — Two men have been charged in connection with the daytime robbery of a bank inside an East Haven supermarket.

Timothy Foye, 32, of New Haven and John Thomas, 47, of Meriden, are both charged with robbery.

The People's United Bank inside the Hemingway Avenue Stop & Shop was robbed Wednesday afternoon police said then by a white male who demanded money without showing or saying he had a gun. He was given an undisclosed amount by the teller, and then he took off with another man inside an older model Ford F150 loaded with mattresses. Police had both the men in custody by early Thursday.

Timothy Foye, 32, of New Haven and John Thomas, 47, of Meriden, are both charged with robbery.

East Haven Police Capt. Joseph M. Murgo said the initial call came in at 1:42 p.m. when a bank teller set off a silent alarm after a man, later identified as Foye came into the bank inside the supermarket and demanded money from a bank teller.

Murgo said Foye left the bank with more than $4,000 and then fled in a red Ford F-150 pickup truck waiting for him in the area of 55 Messina Drive. The truck was filled with mattresses and other items. Murgo said that the truck was driven by Thomas. He said surveillance photos of both suspects and the get-away vehicle that were posted to social media and published by Patch Wednesday led to tips to come "pouring in immediately."

Murgo said once investigators ID'd the two men, they were found and "taken into custody without issue" after patrol officers made a car stop of the two men in the red truck in the early morning hours Thursday.

A large amount of cash, as well as drug paraphernalia was seized after the suspects were taken into custody, Murgo said.

Thomas and Foye were charged with robbery in the second degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the second degree, larceny in the second degree and conspiracy to commit larceny in the second degree.

They are both being held on $50,000 bond and will face a judge on Friday in New Haven.

Murgo said, "We want to thank our residents who reached out with tips regarding the identity of both suspects."