Accused Bank Robber Returns To Bank, Gets Caught: PD

A New Rochelle man was arrested and accused of robbing a Yonkers bank to which he returned a few days later. Yonkers police said, around 12:45 p.m. Aug. 22, they were called to the Wells Fargo bank located at 12 South Broadway for a report of an armed robbery.

Bank employees and other witnesses described a Hispanic man dressed in what appeared to be hospital scrubs and no shoes.

They said he approached a teller, brandished a knife and demanded money, police said.

According to authorities, he left the bank with more than $2,700 and fled the area.

During the course of the investigation, including surveillance images and technology, the suspect was identified as Henry Victor Nieves, 51, of New Rochelle, police said, and a county-wide search for him was begun.

Shortly before 3 p.m. Aug. 26, Yonkers police said they were notified by staff at the Wells Fargo bank that Nieves had come back into the bank and then walked out.

He was followed by a bank employee who told the police Nieves had gotten onto a Bee-Line bus.

The bus was located and Nieves was taken into custody without incident, police said, adding that in his mug shot he had facial injuries that were not related to either the incident or the arrest.

Nieves was charged with first-degree robbery, a felony. He was arraigned Aug. 27 in Yonkers Criminal Court and sent to the Westchester County Jail.

His next scheduled court appearance is set for Sept. 13.

Yonkers Police Commissioner John J. Mueller said the arrest of Nieves was a fine example of police and community collaboration.

"Let this arrest be a reminder to those [who] would commit criminal acts in our city, that you will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," he said.

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