Crime & Safety
Wig-Wearing Robber Who Hit Brookline Bank Caught: Police
Patrick Gefrich was arrested for the Sept. 18 robbery.

A suspect has been arrested in connection to a robbery at the Brookline Bank in Bedford last month.
Patrick Gefrich, 35, of Salem, was charged with unarmed robbery after a month-long search for a suspect in the Sept. 18 robbery, State Police announced Monday. Salem Police took Gefrich into custody on Essex Street early Monday morning on Milford District Court warrants.
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The suspect, pictured above, was wearing a blonde wig when he robbed Brookline Bank in Bedford Friday at about 10 a.m. A witness saw the suspect escape toward Great Road, police said, and a K-9 tracked his scent to a nearby bike path. But the trail went cold until Gefrich, matching the suspect’s description, was nabbed Monday.
Gefrich is scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Concord District Court.
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These security camera photos captured the robbery:



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