The department and the FBI had been searching for James Glenn, 59, after identifying him as the suspect last week.
UNION -- The serial bank robber behind three recent robberies in Union and two others in Essex County was found and arrested Tuesday night, Union Police said Wednesday.
The department and the FBI had been searching for James Glenn, 59, after identifying him as the suspect last week.
On Tuesday night, detectives received a tip that Glenn was staying at a motel in Elizabeth, according to police.
Union Police said eight officers responded to the Airport Hotel Inn at 853 Spring Street in Elizabeth. The officers determined that there were multiple occupants in the room, but no one would answer the door, police said. They said the officers later entered the room and arrested Glenn, who was found hiding in the bathroom.
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Glenn surrendered and was arrested without incident, according to police. Police said he was sharing the room with another man, Jeffrey Myers from East Orange.
Glenn is charged with three bank robberies in Union: on Aug. 28 and Sept. 28 at the Connect One Bank at 356 Chestnut Street and on Oct. 16 at the Santander Bank at 324 Chestnut Street.
Myers was also arrested for obstruction of the investigation. He was interviewed and later released after police determined he was not involved in the bank robberies.
Glenn is being held at Union Police Headquarters pending transfer to the Union County Jail. Bail has yet to have been set.
Police said the department is coordinating their investigation with the FBI and other police agencies.
Detective Lieutenant Robert Perez and Sergeant Victor Correia, plus Detectives Patrick Bradley, Anthony Lagoa and Matt Sakala, and Street Crimes Unit Officers Kurt Carter, Rob Kiselow and Mike Theissen were involved in the arrest, police said.
The bank robberies are being investigated by Detectives Ken Gruener and Patrick Bradley. If anyone has any information, please contact the Union Police Department Detective Bureau at 908-851-5030.
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