Alleged Netcong Bank Robber Arrested in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania man accused of robbing a Netcong bank in July has been arrested and lodged in jail, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp announced Monday.

Frank McBride, 27, of Scranton was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and officers from the Scranton Police Department on Friday, Aug. 8, Knapp said.

McBride was charged with bank robbery and interference with commerce by threats or violence in connection with telephoned robbery demands and bomb threats to businesses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.

McBride allegedly called in a bomb threat on July 11 to the Fulton Bank in Netcong, instructing the teller to put money in a receptacle outside the business. McBride never entered the building and the teller complied with the demands by placing the money outside.

McBride was lodged in jail in Pennsylvania after his arrest.