Middletown bank robber who looted eight-grand is charged

The search has ended for a New Jersey man accused of robbing a bank in Middletown Township late last month.

Middletown Police were first on the scene on December 28 around 10:43 am after an alarm went off at the Valley Bank on Route 35 South between Twin Brooks Avenue and Woodland Drive.

(Photo Courtesy: Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office)

The officers who responded learned that a man who had a mask on subsequently robbed the bank of $8,000 and then took off, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago.

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The masked suspect has now been identified, arrested, and charged with the December bank robbery in Middletown.

Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office (Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office)

As a result of the investigation by Middletown Police, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, and FBI, 42-year-old Miguel A. Angeles, 42, of Perth Amboy has been charged with first-degree Armed Robbery who remains in custody pending a detention hearing which will take place on Wednesday in Monmouth County Superior Court.

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