Credit: Bucks County Department of Corrections
The alleged “Sugar Daddy” bank robber will be facing trial for attempting to rob the Morrisville Borough Bank of America branch in April. He already is set to face trial for the robbery of the TD Bank on West Trenton Avenue in the Morrisville section of Falls Township on the morning of Saturday, March 23.
Riccitiello waived his preliminary hearing on Tuesday and charges of robbery with immediate threat of serious injury, criminal attempted theft and connected offenses were moved to the Doylestown courthouse for trial, a court clerk said.
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According to borough police, Riccitello attempted to rob the Bank of the America April 13. After he walked in, he acted as if he had a gun in his pocket and demanded $50 and $100 bills from a teller, who spooked the him when she signaled for a manager to hit a robbery alarm, police said.
A woman who called Riccitello her “Sugar Daddy” said she was “positive” the bank robber whose photographs were published in local media outlets after the incidents were of her boyfriend, police said. She also told authorities she saw Riccitiello wearing the same clothing pictured in the Morrisville surveillance images.
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When interviewed by Falls police, Riccitello’s girlfriend said she recalled a recent conversation with him in which he bragged about robbing a bank with a guy named Joe. The woman had no further information on Joe.
Police showed the woman previous booking photos of Riccitello and bank surveillance footage. The woman said the man in the video was Riccitello.
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Authorities listened to a pre-arranged phone call between the woman and Riccitello on April 19. In the call, Riccitello made several statements about his involvement in the two bank robberies and specifically mentioned the Bank of America attempted robbery, police said. He also acknowledged in the phone calls it was his photo that appeared with news stories on the robbery.
U.S. Marshals took Riccitiello into custody as he smoked outside his apartment building in late April.
The 56-year-old currently sits in county jail unable to post bail.
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