Banks
ELLENVILLE – Police arrested the man who they believe held up the Bank of America branch on Canal Street in Ellenville Tuesday afternoon.
Acting on information received late Tuesday night, police executed a parole warrant on Main Street in Grahamsville in which three people were picked up. Simultaneously, police also picked up two other people on First Street in Kerhonkson.
All five were brought back to Ellenville Police headquarters for questioning and investigators recovered significant physical evidence connected to the bank robbery.
Ellenville Police wound up charging Kip Banks, Jr., 25, also known as “Suckafree Banks,” of Montgomery, with robbery and violation of parole, both as felonies. He was sent to the Ulster County Jail without bail.
At around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, a man entered the bank branch, handed the teller a note and made of with cash.
State Police and the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office helped solve
the crime in less than 20 hours.
