North Shore Bank Robber Pulled Off Lynn Bus: Police

LYNN, MA — A Gloucester man suspected of robbing a bank was arrested after authorities stopped the bus he was on Monday, several days after he cut off his ankle bracelet from a prior conviction, police said.

Michael Robinson, 40, was arrested after Lynn Police, working off information provided by state troopers, stopped the bus on Chestnut Street. Police said Robinson robbed the Institution for Savings bank in Gloucester Monday morning. He will be charged with the unarmed robbery.

A state police unit was already searching for Robinson after he cut off a monitoring bracelet he was wearing while out on probation after a kidnapping conviction, police said.

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