UPDATE
Two days after a female who robbed a Chittenango bank was on the loose in the village of Chittenango and reported as “armed and dangerous,” state police made a second arrest to close out the case.
New York State Police in Oneida announced the arrest of Alyssa L. Boswell, 22, of Canastota, on Thursday, Dec. 4, for robbery in the first degree, a class B felony.
The day before, police had arrested Alicia L. Lohr, 22, of Rocky Road in Oneida, for robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree after an investigation into the bank robbery at the Oneida Savings Bank branch in Chittenango.
During the ongoing investigation, investigators were able to determine that Boswell acted as an accomplice in the bank robbery.
Boswell was arraigned in the Town of Sullivan Court and remanded to the Madison County Jail on $10,000 cash/$20,000 bond.
After a tense afternoon in the village of Chittenango on Dec. 2 when a female bank robber was on the loose and reported as “armed and dangerous,” state police have arrested a suspect.
Alicia L. Lohr, 22, of Rocky Road in Oneida, was arrested by state police Dec. 3 for robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree after an investigation into the bank robbery at the Oneida Savings Bank branch in Chittenango.
The robbery was reported to have occurred at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Oneida Savings Bank located at 519 West Genesee St. in the village of Chittenango. According to police, the female robber entered the bank, handed the teller a note, threatened the use of a gun and left on foot headed south on West Genesee Street. No handgun was displayed, but police notified village residents as well as the Chittenenago Central School District that the suspect was on the loose and was to be considered “armed and dangerous.”
Chittenango schools went into lockdown for the afternoon and delayed regular dismissal times by one hour to ensure the safety of their students.
State police, who were assisted in the investigation by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department and the Chittenango Police Department, issued a description of the female suspect and asked anyone who could identify her to contact police.
Lohr was identified as a suspect through several Facebook and News tips which were called in to the state police by the public, and she was located and arrested at her residence at approximately 2:18 a.m. on Dec. 3, according to police.
This investigation is continuing.
