Police say they have made an arrest in the Wednesday morning bank robbery at Bangor Savings Bank at 3 State Street. 

Percy Cartwright, 66, of Bangor is in custody, according to a news release from the Bangor Police Department. He is charged with robbery, a Class B felony.

Police located Cartwright at Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor about an hour after the call came in at about 10:25 a.m. All but $20 of the money taken from the bank was recovered and returned to the bank.

Police had earlier issued a description of an older male subject with gray hair and beard, possibly carrying a yellow bag.

There were no injuries and everyone is safe, police say.

 

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