The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Investigators in New York say a rookie police officer known as a “model cadet” is linked to two bank robberies that happened last year in Manhattan.
Officials say Christian Torres robbed one bank of more than $16,000 and another of over $100,000 while serving as a cadet and enrolled in the police academy.
Authorities say Torres admitted being involved in the New York robberies while he was under questioning for a third heist that happened this past week in Pennsylvania. That robbery netted $113,000.
Officials say Torres used a fake handgun in 1 of the New York robberies, but Pennsylvania authorities say he used a real gun in the heist there. He was arrested in Pennsylvania after bank employees pointed out the car he was in to police.
A judge in Pennsylvania has set Torres’ bail at $1 million.